The science of religion, spirituality, and existentialism /
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Academic Press,
[2020]
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Core existential concerns
- The scope and treatment of the present volume
- The broader context
- References
- 1 Death
- 1 Dwelling forever in the house of the lord: on the terror management function of religion
- Terror management theory
- The ontogeny of terror management
- A brief phylogenic history of terror management
- The experimental research supporting terror management theory
- Research directly focused on the terror management function of religion
- The association between religiosity and death anxiety
- Mortality salience and investment in religiosity
- Evidence that strong or bolstered religious belief reduces defensive responses to mortality salience
- What about atheists?
- Summary of the evidence
- Broad implications of a terror management analysis of religion
- The upside of religion
- The downside of religion
- A tale of two worldviews
- A rock
- A hard place
- Conclusion
- References
- Further reading
- 2 Death anxiety and religious belief: a critical review
- Are people afraid of death? Pt 1: Evidence from lists
- Are people afraid of death? Pt 2: Evidence from scales
- Are people afraid of death? Pt 3: Death anxiety and proximity to death
- Are people afraid of death? Pt 4: Death anxiety and mortality salience
- Are people afraid of death? Coda
- Are death anxiety and religiosity correlated?
- Does mortality salience increase religious belief?
- Concluding remarks
- References
- 3 Face to face with death: the role of religion in coping with suffering
- How do people usually cope with existential concerns?
- The existential and individual functions of religious beliefs
- Conceptualizing God
- When beliefs fail
- Suffering elicits existential concerns
- Facing death
- Disasters
- Terminal and chronic illness
- Trauma
- Religion and suffering: fighting, freezing, fleeing, or flourishing
- Toward existentially resilient religion
- Concluding thoughts
- Acknowledgment
- References
- 4 Near-death experiences: the mystical feeling of "crossing over" and its impact on faith and spirituality
- Near-death experience phenomenology
- Defining near-death experiences
- Historical reports and estimated incidence of near-death experiences
- Disclosure of near-death experiences
- Explanatory models for near-death experiences
- Physiological explanations
- Psychological explanations
- Psychopathological explanations
- Nonmaterialist explanations
- Impact of near-death experiences
- References
- 2 Freedom
- 5 Reactance and spiritual possibilities: an application of psychological reactance theory
- Psychological reactance theory
- Historical roots
- Psychological reactance theory framework
- Freedoms.
