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Death Anxiety and Religious Belief - (Scientific Studies of Religion: Inquiry and Explanation) by Jonathan Jong & Jamin Halberstadt (Paperback)

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  • There are no atheists in foxholes; or so we hear.
  • About the Author: Jonathan Jong is Deputy Director of the Belief, Brain and Behaviour research group at the Centre for Research in Psychology, Behaviour and Achievement, Coventry University, UK; and Research Coordinator at the Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Oxford, UK.
  • 192 Pages
  • Religion + Beliefs, Psychology of Religion
  • Series Name: Scientific Studies of Religion: Inquiry and Explanation

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There are no atheists in foxholes; or so we hear. The thought that the fear of death motivates religious belief has been around since the earliest speculations about the origins of religion. There are hints of this idea in the ancient world, but the theory achieves prominence in the works of Enlightenment critics and Victorian theorists of religion, and has been further developed by contemporary cognitive scientists. Why do people believe in gods? Because they fear death.

Yet despite the abiding appeal of this simple hypothesis, there has not been a systematic attempt to evaluate its central claims and the assumptions underlying them. Do human beings fear death? If so, who fears death more, religious or nonreligious people? Do reminders of our mortality really motivate religious belief? Do religious beliefs actually provide comfort against the inevitability of death?

In Death Anxiety and Religious Belief, Jonathan Jong and Jamin Halberstadt begin to answer these questions, drawing on the extensive literature on the psychology of death anxiety and religious belief, from childhood to the point of death, as well as their own experimental research on conscious and unconscious fear and faith. In the course of their investigations, they consider the history of ideas about religion's origins, challenges of psychological measurement, and the very nature of emotion and belief.



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[An] ambitious and scholarly study.
Oxford Today

As a call to arms to newer researchers in [death, anxiety, and religious belief], Jong and Halberstadt have done a great service to the field. Their pithy and highly readable text may well inspire the next generation of researchers.
PsycCRITIQUES

Scholars of religion and those interested in the psychology of religion will welcome this thorough, scientifically grounded contribution to the literature on psychology of religion and religion theory. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty.
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About the Author



Jonathan Jong is Deputy Director of the Belief, Brain and Behaviour research group at the Centre for Research in Psychology, Behaviour and Achievement, Coventry University, UK; and Research Coordinator at the Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Oxford, UK.

Jamin Halberstadt is a Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Otago, New Zealand.

Dimensions (Overall): 9.21 Inches (H) x 6.14 Inches (W) x .52 Inches (D)
Weight: .78 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 192
Genre: Religion + Beliefs
Sub-Genre: Psychology of Religion
Series Title: Scientific Studies of Religion: Inquiry and Explanation
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
Format: Paperback
Author: Jonathan Jong & Jamin Halberstadt
Language: English
Street Date: February 22, 2018
TCIN: 1003037983
UPC: 9781350061606
Item Number (DPCI): 247-34-0288
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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