A5006160202- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Religion and Society Interactions
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Religion, Society, and Development
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Environmental Science and Water Management
- Regional Development and Management Studies
- Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies
- Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs
- Religious Education and Schools
- Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
- Balkans: History, Politics, Society
- Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
- Populism, Right-Wing Movements
- Media, Religion, Digital Communication
Institut Društvenih Znanosti Ivo Pilar
2020-2022
UCLouvain
2017-2022
Fund for Scientific Research
2019
KU Leuven
2016
Contrary to some conceptualizations, nonbelievers are more than simply those scoring low on religiosity scales. They seem be characterized by analytic, flexible, and open-minded social-cognitive attributes, although this may interact with sociocultural levels of religiosity. This paper demonstrates that nonbelief, at least in the West, tends coincide specific worldviews, namely valuing rationality science, as well humanistic liberal values. Furthermore, parallel believers various indicators...
Several people fail to reject opposite ideologies without discriminating against opponents. Do nonbelievers make this distinction? Across two experiments in three cultures (total N = 2064), we investigated participants' willingness help a religious target involved anti-liberalism (antiabortion), activism (promoting Christian ideas), or devotion (religious service); neutral cause (copying syllabus visiting family). In comparison control condition (neutral target, cause), nonbelievers–except...
People tend to evaluate information from reliable sources more favourably, but it is unclear exactly how perceivers' worldviews interact with this source credibility effect. In a large and diverse cross-cultural sample (N = 10,195 24 countries), we presented participants obscure, meaningless statements attributed either spiritual guru or scientist. We found robust global effect for scientific authorities, which dub `the Einstein effect': across all countries scientists hold greater authority...
In contrast with traditional considerations, sexuality is often perceived today as being rather compatible religion/spirituality and morality. However, there may be some inherent opposition between (a) (thoughts, affects, pleasure) (b) (attitudes, motives) (interpersonal) morality (dispositions, behavior). The two imply, respectively, self‐enhancement versus self‐transcendence, disinhibition self‐control, disgust indifference sensitivity. We hypothesized that sexual experience attenuates...
Research adopting the ideological-conflict hypothesis indicates that low religiosity, nonbelief, and antireligious sentiments predict prejudice toward ideological opponents. How to understand this, from an individual differences perspective, given nonbelievers are typically open-minded in authoritarianism? We investigated, among 422 UK adults, social distance antiliberals (antigay activists), fundamentalists, religionists of major world religions (Catholicism, Islam, Buddhism). Nonbelievers...
In this article, we analyze the link between discourses of two dominant religious communities -the Catholic Church in Croatia and Orthodox Serbia -and attitudes practices citizens these post-socialist states.In order to test relationship, empirical data compiled on citizens' level religiosity, traditionality, gender division labor societies were compared.The findings indicate that a correlation does exist religiosity traditionality Serbia; specifically, more individuals are still...
This article attempts to assess differences in social capital of religious and nonreligious respondents Mediterranean Continental Croatia, based on the results a 2018 nationally representative survey.The approach analysis is primarily Bourdieu's concept capital, but addition "structural" (networks relationships reliance), it also includes "cultural" (different forms trust) indicators.The reveal that religiosity types their are differently distributed as well city Zagreb, which was analysed...