| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11401/76787 | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This work is sponsored by the Stony Brook University Graduate School in compliance with the requirements for completion of degree. | en_US |
| dc.format | Monograph | |
| dc.format.medium | Electronic Resource | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY. | |
| dc.type | Dissertation | |
| dcterms.abstract | There are two experiences that atheists have which are not yet well understood: discrimination and deconversion. Through semi-structured interviews, designed to better understand the deconversion process and the relationships of 35 American atheists living in both the Northeast and Southern regions of the United States, a better understanding of these experiences emerged. These individuals had damaging histories, which included abuse, abandonment and/or outsider status. These elements combined with religious teachings yielded a sense of self-as-bad in which respondents experienced feelings of shame, depression, anxiety, and in some cases suicidality. The 25 males, 9 females and 1 transwoman in this study used avoidance techniques in response to their damaging histories. One such response was that of self-sacrificing altruism, in which they either worked or volunteered in helping professions. This self-sacrificing altruism combined with their damaging histories, ultimately led to fatigue and a breakpoint event that, in the end, culminated in loss of belief. | |
| dcterms.available | 2017-09-20T16:51:11Z | |
| dcterms.contributor | Farberman, Harvey A. | en_US |
| dcterms.contributor | Blau, D.S.W., Joel | en_US |
| dcterms.contributor | Farrington, Ph.D., Jack | en_US |
| dcterms.contributor | Vidal, Ph.D., Carlos. | en_US |
| dcterms.creator | Phillips, Amy | |
| dcterms.dateAccepted | 2017-09-20T16:51:11Z | |
| dcterms.dateSubmitted | 2017-09-20T16:51:11Z | |
| dcterms.description | Department of Social Welfare. | en_US |
| dcterms.extent | 194 pg. | en_US |
| dcterms.format | Application/PDF | en_US |
| dcterms.format | Monograph | |
| dcterms.identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/11401/76787 | |
| dcterms.issued | 2015-12-01 | |
| dcterms.language | en_US | |
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| dcterms.publisher | The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY. | |
| dcterms.subject | Altruism, Atheist, Deconversion, Discrimination, Mental Health, Religion | |
| dcterms.subject | Religion | |
| dcterms.title | The Resurrection of Self: How Deconversion from Religious Belief to Atheism Healed a History of Rejection, Trauma, and Shame | |
| dcterms.type | Dissertation | |
