New Cognitive and Cultural Evolutionary Approaches on Atheism

Coleman, Tommy; Messick, Kyle J.; Mulukom, Valerie van

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“…There has been considerable debate regarding the psychological differences between theists and atheists. Some scholars have posited that social cognition and analytical thinking differentiate these groups (Coleman et al, 2022). However, research among adults is mixed (e.g., Maij et al, 2017), and to this author’s knowledge, there is no longitudinal developmental research on it.…”

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“…The present study sought to expand on this research by examining how the similarity in parents’ and children’s existence judgments for God differs when utilizing a belief, behavior, and belonging framework to measure variation in religious, and by extension, secular, socialization contexts. Children’s executive functioning (EF) and theory of mind (ToM) were also examined because both areas of cognition are important for social learning and possibly in differentiating theists from atheists (Coleman et al, 2022; Saide & Richert, 2020).…”

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Exploring the similarity between parents and children’s reality status judgments for god across three domains of religious experience.

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2023

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

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Though parents are a central source of religious education, research has shown that secular parents are less likely to transmit their religious beliefs (or lack thereof) to their adolescent and adult offspring. Importantly, religiously non-affiliated adults are remarkably diverse in their religious beliefs, behaviors, and affiliations. This brief report presents the findings from a study on the correspondence between parents (90% mothers) and their children’s reality status judgments for God. Parents filled out a questionnaire that measured five indicators of how religiously secular they were. Children were interviewed separately to measure their belief in God, theory of mind (ToM), and executive functioning (EF). One hundred sixteen religiously and racially diverse parent–child dyads from the Pacific Southwest participated. Children were between 5 and 9 years of age (51% female, 78% non-White). Two sets of findings emerged. First, parents and children corresponded most about God’s reality status when parents were religiously affiliated and more religious in their beliefs and behaviors; however, the magnitude of the effect of these forms of religiosity on parent–child correspondence varied. Second, children’s ToM and EF were unrelated to correspondence and unrelated to whether children believed God was real or pretend. Taken together, this study supports a broader conceptualization of “secular” and lends support to the hypothesis that what differentiates believers and non-believers are differences in socialization experiences during early childhood. The socialization dynamics that may account for the findings among relatively secular parent–child dyads as well as recommendations for future research given the demographic composition of the sample are discussed.

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Exploring the similarity between parents and children’s reality status judgments for god across three domains of religious experience.

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2023

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

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“…First, the varieties of nonreligious experience and identification do not enjoy the same deep historical structure and elucidation as their religious compatriots. Although in no way absent across history, 38 deviations from the culturally prevailing religion have historically been met with ridicule, scorn, and even death. 39 As a result, the different ways in which an individual might be nonreligious have not been articulated to the degree that religious variety has been (e.g., Catholics, Sufi, Protestant, etc.).…”

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Nonreligion, Atheism, & Mental Health

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2020

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Based on the well-established link between religiosity and positive mental health outcomes, it has been argued that nonreligiosity is a health liability. However, most of this research suffers from methodological problems that limit their generalizability to nonreligious populations, such as atheists and agnostics. In the current chapter, we draw attention to these methodological issues, and argue in favor of a richer conceptualization of nonreligion than has been theorized in previous literature. We further review recent work from various countries around the world, which challenges the notion that nonreligiosity presents a health risk, finding instead that the nonreligious experience similar levels of health and wellbeing benefits as the religious. We end by briefly discussing the limitations and recent backlash at this literature, while suggesting that the study of the nonreligious may transform how we understand the interaction between beliefs, rituals, and health.

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“…El pueblo solo existió unos pocos años (Sikeston Herald, 1938, citado en Evermore, 2010. 7 Algunos estudios recientes parecen confirmar estas afirmaciones y mencionan que, en promedio, en algunas sociedades antiguas puede hablarse de aproximadamente 7.4% de población atea y 5.9% de población agnóstica (Coleman, Messick y Mulukom, 2020;Purzycki y Sosis, 2019). 8 Además del célebre caso de Theo Van Gogh, pueden consultarse casos ocurridos en Bangladesh, España, Dinamarca y otras localidades (Olazábal, 2015;Europa Press, 2018;Larkin y Lewis, 2017y Castedo, 2014.…”

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Macías

2022

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Las investigaciones referentes a la cuestión religiosa pocas veces abordan temas que se vinculen con la no creencia o el ateísmo. En buena medida debido al desencanto por lo sagrado y al comportamiento histórico de las religiones, son más comunes y notorios los casos de individuos que rechazan lo sobrenatural de forma explícita. Este trabajo expone el proceso histórico de integración de esos individuos en algunas regiones de habla hispana, la eliminación de barreras geográficas gracias a la popularización del internet, la conformación de comunidades ateas, su salida del entorno virtual y el proceso conocido como activismo ateo.

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New Cognitive and Cultural Evolutionary Approaches on Atheism

Abstract: This chapter reviews and extends current evolutionary perspectives on atheism.

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Exploring the similarity between parents and children’s reality status judgments for god across three domains of religious experience.

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New Cognitive and Cultural Evolutionary Approaches on Atheism

Abstract: This chapter reviews and extends current evolutionary perspectives on atheism.

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References 114 publications

Exploring the similarity between parents and children’s reality status judgments for god across three domains of religious experience.

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