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2011-07-22

What Causes Religion and Superstitions?

I've relaunched this page and added loads of new stuff. The contents of "What Causes Religion and Superstitions?" by Vexen Crabtree (2011) is now:

  1. Arbitrarily Inherited
  2. Functionalism
    1. Performing Social Functions (Intro)
    2. Religion as Activism
    3. Political Power Struggles
    4. Identity Reinforcement
    5. An Example: Carib witchcraft
  3. Biological Psychology
    1. Misapplied Cognitive Functions
    2. Neuronal Dysfunction
  4. The Subconscious
    1. Hidden Inner Causes
    2. Childhood Fantasies
    3. The Fear of Death
    4. Myths, Dogma and Ritual: Leftovers from a Pre-Literate Humanity
  5. Simple Dogmatic Answers in a Complex World
  6. Life Experiences
    1. Experiencing God
    2. Desperate Times: Religious Experiments Including Conversion, Superstitions and Lucky Charms
    3. Intelligence and Suggestibility
  7. The Institutionalisation of Irrationality
  8. Conclusions
Posted by Vexen Crabtree at 11:50
Labels: psychology, religion

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