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ArticleJournal of religion and health2022

In Doubt and Disbelief: How Mrdjenovich 2018 Misunderstands the (Non)Religion-Health Relationship.

David Speed, Karen Hwang, Luke W Galen, Thomas J Coleman

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Article in Journal of religion and health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

David SpeedUniversity of New Brunswick, Saint John, NB, Canada. dspeed@unb.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7033-2068
Karen HwangAtheist Research Collaborative.
Luke W GalenDepartment of Psychology, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI, USA.
Thomas J ColemanAtheist Research Collaborative.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3003-5090

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The article, "Religiously/Spiritually Involved, but in Doubt or Disbelief-Why? Healthy?" (Mrdjenovich in J Relig Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-018-0711-2 , 2018) addressed why subsets of Nones would engage in religious activities. While the subject matter of Mrdjenovich's work is important and understudied, several problematic conclusions about the nonreligion-health field were drawn. We provide constructive criticisms of Mrdjenovich's methodologies, conclusions, and characterizations of the nonreligion-health field, and offer several solutions to the problems identified.

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EmotionsReligionHealth StatusHumansAtheism and healthMrdjenovichRebuttal

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