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Lotts Creek Primitive Baptist Church Association Records, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections Jan 2017

Lotts Creek Primitive Baptist Church Association Records, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

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This collection consists of minutes of the Lotts Creek Primitive Baptist Church Association (Bulloch County, Ga.) from 1905-1968. The minutes for 1906 are missing. The collection also includes printed minutes (ca. 1969-1971) of other Primitive Baptist Associations located mainly in Georgia.

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Cognitive And Emotional Processes Involved In The Experience Of Objects As Holy Or Transcendent, Lotte J. Pummerer Jan 2017

Cognitive And Emotional Processes Involved In The Experience Of Objects As Holy Or Transcendent, Lotte J. Pummerer

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In recent years, attitudes about religion/spirituality have become more pluralistic (Pew Research Center, 2015a). At the same time, the number of individuals who identify themselves as nonreligious, atheist or agnostic are growing (Pew Research Center, 2015b), yet we are lacking words and research to describe their attributions of transcendence in language not bound to religious concepts. This study aims at examining both concepts – holiness and transcendence – in their similarities and differences through assessing cognitive and emotional processes involved in experiences of objects.

The study consisted of two parts with a total of 206 Christian and 52 nonreligious/atheistic/agnostic participants. …