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The relevance of god to religious believers and non-believers

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dc.contributor.authorLeite, Ângela
dc.contributor.authorVidal, Diogo Guedes
dc.contributor.authorDinis, Maria Alzira Pimenta
dc.contributor.authorSousa, Hélder Fernando Pedrosa e
dc.contributor.authorDias, Paulo
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-19T14:25:56Z
dc.date.available2021-03-19T14:25:56Z
dc.date.issued2020-04
dc.description.abstractThis study presents a review about what great figures of history thought about the existence of God and a worldwide comparison between religious believers and non-believers using the World Social Survey (WSS) database, comprising a sample of 90,350 respondents. Results reveal that most people believe in the existence of God and consider that God is important and very important in their lives. Believers are mainly women; younger than non-believers; mostly married; less educated than non-believers; most of whom work, though fewer hours than non-believers; and perceive themselves as belonging to the middle class. There are more believers with no formal education than non-believers. The diversity of religious believers and non-believers, visible in the perspectives of humanity’s important personalities, mirrors the diversity of ordinary people towards the relevance of God. The results obtained point to a correlation between the belief in God and the studied sociodemographic variables but also suggest that the difference between believers and non-believers may be artificial, having resulted from the adopted methodology. The relationship found between being a believer and defending traditional values also corroborates with previous studies, suggesting that humankind needs God to give meaning to the world around them, namely, in morality and conduct terms.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.doi10.3390/rel11040212pt_PT
dc.identifier.eid85084145757
dc.identifier.issn2077-1444
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/32285
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dc.language.isoengpt_PT
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dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectBelieverspt_PT
dc.subjectNon-believerspt_PT
dc.subjectRelevance of Godpt_PT
dc.subjectWorld Social Survey (WSS)pt_PT
dc.titleThe relevance of god to religious believers and non-believerspt_PT
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oaire.citation.titleReligionspt_PT
oaire.citation.volume11pt_PT
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