ABSTRACT
It is still an open question why, under the same circumstances and with the same background characteristics, some people are more religious than others. This chapter examines whether differences in religiosity can be further accounted for by differences in personality. Here we use a variety of measurable traits and settings, most of which have been developed by researchers. Unlike the ‘natural’ (age and sex) and social categories used in Chapter 8, here most categories are derived from psychological theories and research.
