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Religious Affect

Religious Affect is a psychological construct denoting the specific emotional dispositions and experiential states elicited by or directed toward religious beliefs, practices, or objects of worship, distinguished from general affective phenomena by their intentional orientation to the sacred or transcendent.

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2017–2026

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Publications

136

The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature

J. C. N. · American Journal of Psychiatry · 1992 · 593 citations

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The Religious Experience: A Social-Psychological Perspective.

C. Daniel Batson, W. Larry Ventis · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1984 · 584 citations

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Awe activates religious and spiritual feelings and behavioral intentions.

Patty Van Cappellen, Vassilis Saroglou · Psychology of Religion and Spirituality · 2011 · 366 citations

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Religious Reason and Secular Affect: An Incommensurable Divide?

Saba Mahmood · Critical Inquiry · 2009 · 343 citations

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Religion and Well-Being in Later Life

Harold G. Koenig, James N. Kvale, Carole Ferrel · The Gerontologist · 1988 · 282 citations

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Authors

248

  1. LJ
    Leslie J. Francis

    University of Warwick, United Kingdom

    11 publications · 363 citations

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  2. PV
    Patty Van Cappellen

    Duke University, United States

    5 publications · 693 citations

    5

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  3. MR
    Mandy Robbins

    University of Warwick, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 120 citations

    5

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  4. PC
    Peter C. Hill

    Biola University, United States

    3 publications · 131 citations

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  5. NK
    Neal Krause

    University of Michigan, United States

    3 publications · 196 citations

    3

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Institutions

128

  1. University of Warwick

    Coventry, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    257 citations

  2. Bangor University

    Bangor, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    423 citations

  3. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    480 citations

  4. University of Notre Dame

    Notre Dame, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    132 citations

  5. Duke Medical Center

    Durham, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    944 citations

  6. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    599 citations

  7. Brigham Young University

    Provo, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    249 citations

  8. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    196 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Religion and Health

    6 publications · 399 citations

    8

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  2. Personality and Individual Differences

    7 publications · 348 citations

    7

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  3. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

    JSSR · 7 publications · 296 citations

    7

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  4. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

    5 publications · 480 citations

    5

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  5. Review of Religious Research

    5 publications · 202 citations

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