On Faith and the Fear of Fatality: A review of recent research on deities and death
Although speculations about the role of fear—and fear of death in particular—in the evolutionary and psychological origins of religion have been around for millennia, it is only in the last decade or so that systematic empirical investigations on the matter have been undertaken. In this paper, we re...
| Published in: | Journal for the cognitive science of religion |
|---|---|
| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Equinox Publ.
[2013]
|
| In: |
Journal for the cognitive science of religion
|
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mortal fear
/ Religious conviction
/ The Unconscious
/ Emotion
/ Evolutionary psychology
/ Religious psychology
/ Terror management theory
|
| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AE Psychology of religion |
| Further subjects: | B
implicit attitudes
B Religion B Death Anxiety B unconscious emotion B Literature report |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (doi) |