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SUMMARY:Dimensions and Types of Non-Religiosity - Dr. Nicholas Gibson (Uni
 versity of Cambridge)
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CONTACT:Dr. Nicholas Gibson
DESCRIPTION:We are unaware of any extant instrument able to distinguish am
 ong types of non-religious individuals. Although various labels exist to d
 escribe non-religious and secular positions (such as atheist or agnostic)\
 , these are often misunderstood or misapplied by laypersons. Even where th
 ey are correctly used\, it is clear that -- for example -- atheists vary i
 n their emotional responses to religion\, their intellectual interest in r
 eligion\, and their behavioural repertoire with regard to religious indivi
 duals and institutions. Rather than attempting to generate a typology from
  philosophical grounds\, we see merit in allowing a typology to emerge emp
 irically\, thus tapping non-religiosity as it is lived. This paper present
 s data from a new 24-item scale intended to capture dimensions of non-reli
 giosity within a sample of 594 British adults self-describing as atheists 
 or agnostics. Five dimensions of non-religiosity emerging from factor anal
 ysis are examined together with an exploration of types of non-religiosity
  emerging from cluster analysis of subjects.
LOCATION:Runcie Room\, Faculty of Divinity\, West Road (Sidgwick Site)
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