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Religious Deconversion

Religious Deconversion is a psychosocial process denoting the systematic relinquishment of religious belief, identity, or affiliation, distinguished from related identity shifts by its intentional disengagement from internalized religious worldviews and associated communal practices.

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2017–2026

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God is not great: how religion poisons everything

Choice Reviews Online · 2008 · 735 citations

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Versions of deconversion: autobiography and the loss of faith

Choice Reviews Online · 1995 · 130 citations

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Deconversion from Religious Movements: An Analysis of Charismatic Bonding and Spiritual Commitment

Janet Jacobs · Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion · 1987 · 110 citations

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Leaving the Church Behind: Applying a Deconversion Perspective to Evangelical Exit Narratives

Lori L. Fazzino · Journal of Contemporary Religion · 2014 · 106 citations · Full text

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“Spiritual but not religious”: Cognition, schizotypy, and conversion in alternative beliefs

Aiyana K. Willard, Ara Norenzayan · Cognition · 2017 · 99 citations · Full text

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Authors

59

  1. JJ
    Janet Jacobs

    University of Colorado Boulder, United States

    3 publications · 248 citations

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  2. BZ
    Beata Zarzycka

    John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland

    2 publications · 28 citations

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  3. DA
    Dick Anthony

    Graduate Theological Union, United States

    2 publications · 108 citations

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  4. TR
    Thomas Robbins

    University of Minnesota Rochester, United States

    2 publications · 108 citations

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  5. RL
    Ruy Llera Blanes

    University of Bergen, Norway

    1 publications · 35 citations

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Institutions

26

  1. Institute of Psychology

    Warsaw, Poland

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    108 citations

  2. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

    Lublin, Poland

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    96 citations

  3. University of Opole

    Opole, Poland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  4. Virginia Commonwealth University

    Richmond, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    38 citations

  5. University of Chester

    Chester, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    22 citations

  6. Georgia State University

    Atlanta, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    37 citations

  7. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    99 citations

  8. Durham University

    Durham, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    46 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

    JSSR · 5 publications · 325 citations

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 4 publications · 993 citations

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  3. Journal of Contemporary Religion

    3 publications · 230 citations

    3

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  4. Mental Health Religion & Culture

    2 publications · 39 citations

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  5. Review of Religious Research

    2 publications · 61 citations

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