Having None of It: A Rebuttal to "Rape, Suicide, and the Rise of Religious Nones"

In the previous issue of this journal, Phillip Truscott published an article entitled "Rape, Suicide, and the Rise of Religious Nones" (2024) which found that the crude proportion of nonreligious individuals correlated with the crude rates of rape and suicide in the USA. He concluded that...

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Authors: Speed, David ca. 20./21. Jh. (Author) ; Dacombe, Daniel (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2025
In: Journal of sociology and Christianity
Year: 2025, Volume: 15, Issue: 1, Pages: 28-50
Further subjects:B Correlation
B rape myth acceptance
B Self-Control Theory
B Replication
B Social bonds
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)

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