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...
Main Author: | Jong, J |
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Equinox Publishing
2013
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