A Report by the Commission on Appraisal of the Unitarian Universalist Association
Published May ... more A Report by the Commission on Appraisal of the Unitarian Universalist Association
Presented at the 2001 Society for the Scientific Study of Religion/Religious Research Association... more Presented at the 2001 Society for the Scientific Study of Religion/Religious Research Association Annual Meeting
A sample of Unitarian Unversalists (N=154) who were raised in other religious traditions provided narratives describing the reasons why they left their religion of origin. The primary themes of these narratives, in decreasing order of frequency, were: inability to accept the beliefs of the tradition of origin; the restrictive and exclusive nature of the theology of the tradition of origin; lack of perceived relevance to the respondent’s life; agreed on a new religious tradition in a marriage or similar relationship; perceived hypocrisy on the part of members of the tradition of origin; unfulfilled needs, usually associated with a personal crisis; questions left unanswered by the tradition of origin; unacceptable position of social issues by the tradition of origin; patriarchy in the tradition of origin; and a need for more acceptable religious education for child(ren). Correlates with and differences between these themes are discussed.
Two experiments were conducted to examine the role of mortality concerns in reactions to victims ... more Two experiments were conducted to examine the role of mortality concerns in reactions to victims of AIDS. In Study 1, subjects made salient of their own mortality showed greater derogation (i.e. made more dispositional attributions) of a heterosexual victim. Under normal conditions, homosexual victims were derogated most; this was unaffected by mortality salience. This derogation was shown to be related to subjects’ religious fundamentalism and homosexuality attitudes only when the victim was homosexual and the subject had been reminded of his own mortality. Study 2 showed that thinking about death in general does not lead to the same effects as are caused by thinking about one’s own death, but subjects’ reactions to other fatal diseases were similar to those for AIDS. The results of the two studies were interpreted as being more consistent with a general defensiveness hypothesis than with terror management theory. The role of mortality concerns in reactions to persons with AIDS, and the practical implications of applying the findings to changing reactions to AIDS victims, were discussed.
A Report by the Commission on Appraisal of the Unitarian Universalist Association
Published May ... more A Report by the Commission on Appraisal of the Unitarian Universalist Association
Presented at the 2001 Society for the Scientific Study of Religion/Religious Research Association... more Presented at the 2001 Society for the Scientific Study of Religion/Religious Research Association Annual Meeting
A sample of Unitarian Unversalists (N=154) who were raised in other religious traditions provided narratives describing the reasons why they left their religion of origin. The primary themes of these narratives, in decreasing order of frequency, were: inability to accept the beliefs of the tradition of origin; the restrictive and exclusive nature of the theology of the tradition of origin; lack of perceived relevance to the respondent’s life; agreed on a new religious tradition in a marriage or similar relationship; perceived hypocrisy on the part of members of the tradition of origin; unfulfilled needs, usually associated with a personal crisis; questions left unanswered by the tradition of origin; unacceptable position of social issues by the tradition of origin; patriarchy in the tradition of origin; and a need for more acceptable religious education for child(ren). Correlates with and differences between these themes are discussed.
Two experiments were conducted to examine the role of mortality concerns in reactions to victims ... more Two experiments were conducted to examine the role of mortality concerns in reactions to victims of AIDS. In Study 1, subjects made salient of their own mortality showed greater derogation (i.e. made more dispositional attributions) of a heterosexual victim. Under normal conditions, homosexual victims were derogated most; this was unaffected by mortality salience. This derogation was shown to be related to subjects’ religious fundamentalism and homosexuality attitudes only when the victim was homosexual and the subject had been reminded of his own mortality. Study 2 showed that thinking about death in general does not lead to the same effects as are caused by thinking about one’s own death, but subjects’ reactions to other fatal diseases were similar to those for AIDS. The results of the two studies were interpreted as being more consistent with a general defensiveness hypothesis than with terror management theory. The role of mortality concerns in reactions to persons with AIDS, and the practical implications of applying the findings to changing reactions to AIDS victims, were discussed.
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Books by James Casebolt
13.1 Belief in Afterlife Scale (Osarchuk & Tatz, 1973), pp. 431-434
13.2 Death Acceptance Scale (Ray & Najman, 1974), pp. 435-437
13.4 Death Perspectives Scale (Spilka, Stout, Minton, & Sizemore, 1977), pp. 439-442
Published May 2005
Papers by James Casebolt
A sample of Unitarian Unversalists (N=154) who were raised in other religious traditions provided narratives describing the reasons why they left their religion of origin. The primary themes of these narratives, in decreasing order of frequency, were: inability to accept the beliefs of the tradition of origin; the restrictive and exclusive nature of the theology of the tradition of origin; lack of perceived relevance to the respondent’s life; agreed on a new religious tradition in a marriage or similar relationship; perceived hypocrisy on the part of members of the tradition of origin; unfulfilled needs, usually associated with a personal crisis; questions left unanswered by the tradition of origin; unacceptable position of social issues by the tradition of origin; patriarchy in the tradition of origin; and a need for more acceptable religious education for child(ren). Correlates with and differences between these themes are discussed.
13.1 Belief in Afterlife Scale (Osarchuk & Tatz, 1973), pp. 431-434
13.2 Death Acceptance Scale (Ray & Najman, 1974), pp. 435-437
13.4 Death Perspectives Scale (Spilka, Stout, Minton, & Sizemore, 1977), pp. 439-442
Published May 2005
A sample of Unitarian Unversalists (N=154) who were raised in other religious traditions provided narratives describing the reasons why they left their religion of origin. The primary themes of these narratives, in decreasing order of frequency, were: inability to accept the beliefs of the tradition of origin; the restrictive and exclusive nature of the theology of the tradition of origin; lack of perceived relevance to the respondent’s life; agreed on a new religious tradition in a marriage or similar relationship; perceived hypocrisy on the part of members of the tradition of origin; unfulfilled needs, usually associated with a personal crisis; questions left unanswered by the tradition of origin; unacceptable position of social issues by the tradition of origin; patriarchy in the tradition of origin; and a need for more acceptable religious education for child(ren). Correlates with and differences between these themes are discussed.