The science of religion, spirituality, and existentialism /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Vail, Kenneth E. (Editor ), Routledge, Clay (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Academic Press, [2020]
Temas:
Existentialism.
Existentialism
Existentialisme.
existentialism.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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