… Johnson et al.’s, 2015 A/B God Scale), we first tested the roles of benevolent and authoritarian
representations of God … Whether focusing on quantitative or qualitative measures, doctrinal…

… of God for American society (Johnson et al., 2015). Trait ratings … measured punitive religious
beliefs using the same measure … significant cultural changes (Johnson, 2005; Norenzayan et …

… actual prosocial behaviors (Johnson et al., 2015). Also, anecdotal … we primed the concept of
God and measured different types and … the notion of an authoritarian God for some believers (…

… the Los Angeles Theology Conference in 2015, cowritten with Kyle … most important factor in
determining the vantage point from … us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly …

… diverse spiritual beliefs influence causal attributions for good … outcome is related to
mental representations of the differing … of emotion scales, and additional measures of God’s/karma’s …

… (eg, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with … more benevolent God
representations and less authoritarian God … from Johnson et al.'s (2019) LAMBI measure of God …

… to God is positively associated with four measures of … mere fear of God, as if that would
be a good end worthy of … turn to your religion or your spiritual beliefs to help you deal …

… or spiritual beliefs – invoke supernatural explanations that ascribe causation to invisible
forces or agents such as God(s), … Responses on this measure of fate attribution were internally …

… diverse spiritual beliefs influence causal attributions for good … (2015) found that those
with more benevolent views of God … of emotion scales, and additional measures of God’s/karma’s …

… they call to mind. For example, God primes (ie, stimuli that make conceptions of God salient)
… However, we standardized outcome measures across studies and combined samples to …