Death and end times: the effects of religious fundamentalism and mortality salience on apocalyptic beliefs
According to terror management theory, the awareness of death motivates people to subscribe to cultural worldviews that offer some form of death transcendence. In support of this assertion, studies reveal that stimuli that heighten the awareness of death (mortality salience) increase investment in a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge
2018
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Religion, brain & behavior
Year: 2018, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 21-30 |
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Terror management
B Fundamentalism B mortality salience B Meaning |
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