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...
| Publicado no: | Journal for the cognitive science of religion |
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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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Equinox Publ.
[2013]
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| Em: |
Journal for the cognitive science of religion
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| (Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão: | B
Medo da morte
/ Convicção religiosa
/ Inconsciente
/ Sentimento
/ Psicologia evolucionista
/ Psicologia da religião
/ Teoria da gestão do medo
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| Classificações IxTheo: | AD Sociologia da religião AE Psicologia da religião |
| Outras palavras-chave: | B
implicit attitudes
B Religião B Death Anxiety B unconscious emotion B Relatório bibliográfico |
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| Resumo: | 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 review this recent body of correlational and experimental research to assess theoretical developments in the evolutionary and cognitive psychology of religion, and in Terror Management Theory. While these existing theories about the anxiety ameliorating functions of religious belief are still significantly under-determined by data, the systematic and scientific study of religion has benefited greatly from insights about the multidimensionality of religiosity, the importance of implicit levels of cognition and affect, and the dangers of biased sampling. |
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| ISSN: | 2049-7563 |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Journal for the cognitive science of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/jcsr.v1i2.193 |