• DOI:10.1177/1948550615584200
Corpus ID: 145425706

What If They’re Right About the Afterlife? Evidence of the Role of Existential Threat on Anti-Atheist Prejudice

@article{Cook2015WhatIT,
  title={What If They’re Right About the Afterlife? Evidence of the Role of Existential Threat on Anti-Atheist Prejudice},
  author={C. Cook and Florette Cohen and S. Solomon},
  journal={Social Psychological and Personality Science},
  year={2015},
  volume={6},
  pages={840 - 846}
}

• C. Cook, Florette Cohen, S. Solomon
• Published 2015
• Psychology
• Social Psychological and Personality Science

Terror management theory posits that the uniquely human awareness of death gives rise to potentially paralyzing terror that is assuaged by embracing cultural worldviews that provide a sense that one is a valuable participant in a meaningful universe. We propose that pervasive and pronounced anti-atheist prejudices stem, in part, from the existential threat posed by conflicting worldview beliefs. Two studies were conducted to establish that existential concerns contribute to anti-atheist… Expand

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