A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Religious Belief: Canadian and Spanish Students' Responses to the Hunt Scale
In a cross-cultural study of religious belief, the responses of 254 students from the University of Valencia were compared with those of 214 students from York University. It was hypothesized that there would be significant differences between the Spanish and Canadian samples and that the difference...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
[1993]
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The international journal for the psychology of religion
Year: 1993, Volume: 3, Issue: 3, Pages: 187-199 |
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| Summary: | In a cross-cultural study of religious belief, the responses of 254 students from the University of Valencia were compared with those of 214 students from York University. It was hypothesized that there would be significant differences between the Spanish and Canadian samples and that the differences would be greater between cultures than between the two denominations (Catholic and Protestant) that made up the Canadian sample. In their responses to the Hunt Scale, Spanish students were found to be significantly (p < .001) less literal and more "antireligious" than Canadian students (Protestant or Catholic). We explain our findings by contrasting the different functions of religion within the two cultures. |
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| ISSN: | 1532-7582 |
| Reference: | Kritik in "Response to Northover and Gonzalez (1993)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: The international journal for the psychology of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1207/s15327582ijpr0303_4 |