rehearsal
reinforcement, random
relativism
moral
of truth
religion
academic smoke screen for
âacuteâ versus âchronic,â
artifice and design in practices of
as attractive nuisance
births of
as bringing out the best in people
buyerâs guide to
can science study religion?
concern that investigation will destroy
core phenomenon of
as costly
defining
designed features of
devotion to
division of labor in
early days of
essence of
evolutionary underpinnings of
evolution of
going bad
growth market in
hypotheses on future of
legal and social status of
as making us better
meaning of life provided by
money-theories of
and morality
music compared with
as natural phenomenon
need for scientific examination of
now what do we do?
number of religions
pearl theory of
philosophy contrasted with
as Priestertrug,
putting allegiance to democratic principles above
raisons dâêtre for
raw materials of
roots of
religion (cont.)
sacrifices on behalf of
scientific research on
sexual-selection theories of
should science study religion?
sweet-tooth theories of
symbiont theories of
systematic invulnerability to disconfirmation in
today
what it can do for you
why break the spell
See also cults; faith; folk religion; God (gods); organized religion; prayer; ritual
Religion Explained: The Evolutionary Origins of Religious Thought (Boyer)
religious avowals, everyone as outsider to othersâ
religious experience
replication
codes for
as condition of natural selection
of DNA
of ideas
See also cultural replicators; differential replication
representing our representations
reputation
research
interdisciplinary
questions for further
theological
research and development (R & D)
resolution
revealed religion
revelation
revival preachers
revolution of the proletariat
rewards
in heaven
otherworldly
rhabdomancy
rhyme
rhythm
Richerson, Peter
Rifkind, Basil
ritualas
awesome show
as cost of religion
as distraction from root phenomenon
of folk religion
as memory-enhancement device
rationales for
research questions about
selection for talent for
self-perpetuating
susceptibility to
RNA viruses
robots
Rock
ârocket science, â
Rocks of Ages (Gould)
role model, God as
Roman Catholic Church on alcohol
Catholicism center in brain
Catholicism gene
âdesign review boardâ processes in
doctrinal emphasis of
on evolution
on miracles
no salvation outside the Church
possible future of
scientific confirmation sought by
in spread of AIDS
on transubstantiation
vocations after Vatican
Romance languages
romantic love
Rooney, Andy
roses, sweetness of smell of
rote learning
Rougement, Denis de
Rouse, V.
Rowling, J. K.
Ruby Ridge
Rue, Loyal
rule of law
rules, personal
runaway sexual selection
Rushdie, Salman
saccharine
Sacks, Oliver
sacred, the
âsacred dishonesty, â
sacred texts
copying of
disrespecting
dying to protect
in historical arguments for existence of God
inerrant interpretation of
selectivity among
See also Bible
sacred values
sacrifices, religious
sacrifices on behalf of religion
sacrilege
saintliness
Saint Matthew Passion (Bach)
salvation
Sam (gas pumper)
Sanctity of Human Life, principle of
âsanctuary, â
Santa Claus
Satan
satanic cults
Satanic Verses, The (Rushdie)
Schelling, Thomas
Schönborn, Christoph
schooling of fish
science
apophaticism in
belief in
belief in integrity of
as blabbermouth who ruins a movie
can it study religion?
conceptual revisions in
constraints on method of
controversies in
disconfirmation in
everything in Nature as topic of
âhardâ versus âsoft, â
inquiry destroying its object
Islamist view of
as âjust another religion, â
as making the familiar strange
natural versus interpretive
outmoded terminology in
practical knowledge versus
as reliable source of knowledge
religious people using
research on religion
should it study religion?
taboo against examination of religion by
understanding versus believing propositions of
what pays for science?
See also social science
science fiction
science studies
Scientology
Seabright, Paul
séances
search engines
sea squirts
Second Coming of Christ
secondhand smoke
second law of thermodynamics
second-order intentionality
secrets
secular humanism
secularism
secularization
segregation
self, letting go of
self-causation
self-help
self-interest
Selfish Gene, The (Dawkins)
selflessness
self-selection in survey response
semiotics
semipropositional representations
Sen, Amartya
Sentinelese
separation of church and state
September
Serbs
settlements on âholy soil, â
sexiness
sexism
sexuality, study of
sexually transmitted diseases
sexual reproduction, evolutionary explanation of
sexual revolution
sexual-selection theories
Shakers
Shakesp
eare, William
shamans
and disconfirmation
guilds of
as hypnotists
as mutualist
public rituals of
sharks
Sharlet, Jeffrey
Shea, Christopher
sheep, wild
Shehadeh, Raja
Sherfey, John
Sherlockians
Shermer, Michael
Shinto
Shiva
Shroud of Turin
sick-minded people
Siegel, Lee
Sikhs
Silver, Mitchell
Simpsons, The,
SIS
skepticism
and benign effects of religion
skepticism (cont.)
examination welcomed by
about folk religion
hostility toward
politeness overwhelming
strategies for combating
Skeptic Society
Skinner, B. F.
skyscrapers
sleight-of-hand
smallpox
Smith, Chuck
Smith, John Maynard
Smith, Joseph
smoking
sneezing reflex
soccer
social conflict, religion exploiting
social insects
social interaction, strategic information and
social science
evolutionary approach distrusted by
memetics and
moral judgments in
natural sciences versus
premature curiosity satisfaction in
religion studied in
in science studies
See also anthropology; psychology
sociology solidarity
somebody is watching over you, belief that
Sorcererâs Apprentice
sortilege
soul
Cartesian
immortality of
Jivaro beliefs about
materialist view of
sound bites
Soviet Union
Sower, parable of the
space, change in concept of
space aliens example
spam, e-mail
Spaniards in Western Hemisphere
specie
speech acts
spells
Sperber, Dan
sperm cells
Spinoza, Benedict
spirits
spirituality
craving for
gene for
religiousness versus
Spong, John Shelby
sports
allegiance to teams
as natural phenomenon
teams as coalitions not based on genetic kinship
Stark, Rodney
Statue of Liberty
Steadman, Lyle B.
stem-cell research
Sterelny, Kim
Stern, Jessica
Sternberg, Emily
Stevens, George
stewardship
of beliefs
conditional
of democracy
evolution of
of memes
not all practices requiring
stickers on biology textbooks
stories
straight line, drawing
strategic information
strategic secrets
structuralism
Stupak, Bart
subliminal motivations
submission
sugar industry
Sulloway, Frank
summum bonum,
sunsets
Superman
supernatural
the in definition of religion
divine essences versus
and everyday morality
evil agents
good associated with
as opposed to natural
as path to fulfillment
sleight-of-hand moves for creating
witches
supernormal stimuli
super-organisms
superstition
supply-side economics
surrogate mothers
surveys
suspension bridges
sweets
liking for
sweet-tooth theories of religion
swimming
swimming pools
symbionts
symbols, defilement of
systematic invulnerability to disproof
taboo trade-offs
Taliban
talking ax
Tana Island
Taoism
tasseography
Taubes, Gary
team spirit
invention of
as obvious good
as raison dâêtre of religion
technology for causing global catastrophe
communications
ecological circumstances altered by
global onslaught of Western
potential to act increased by
reliability of
science and
Temple (Jerusalem)
Templeton Foundation
tempting
Ten Commandments
tension
tenure
terminology, outmoded
terrorism
testable hypotheses
testimonials
Tetlock, Philip
textbooks, stickers on biology
theocracy
theological research
Theos
thinking about thinking
third-order intentionality
Thompson, DâArcy
Tillich, Paul
time, change in concept of
Time magazine
Tinbergen, Niko
Titon, Jeff Todd
tobacco. See smoking tolerance
Tooth Fairy
torture
Town Meeting
Toxoplasma gondii
tradition
animal
erosion of
loyalty to
misplaced respect for
respecting
revision of
Transcendental Meditation
transcendent values
Transformation of American Religion, The (Wolfe)
translation, indeterminacy of radical
transubstantiation
trial and error
tribal people
tribal religion
design in
See also folk religion âtried and true, â
triggered production
Trouble with Islam, The (Manji)
Trudgen, Arthur
trust
group living and
mutual
religion strengthening bonds of
truth(s)
in advertising
factual
making you free
objective
of physics
as sacred value
sacrifices made for
science as not having monopoly on
as transcendent value
Turkey
Turkish language
Turner, Denys
type-token terminology
Twain, Mark
ultimate values
uncertainty, religious belief in facing
unconscious selection
understanding, belief versus
unicorns
Unitarianism
universalism, imperialist
urban legends
used-car salesmen
values
atheists seen as lacking
âfamily, â
instrumental
intrinsic
sacred
summum bonum
transcendent
ultimate
variation
Varieties of Religious Experience, The (James)
Vatican City
Vatican
Vedic texts
Venus (planet)
vertebrates
virus(es)
computer
religious memes likened to
RNA
specie likened to
terrorism as
Vishnu
visions
VMAT2 gene
Voltaire
von Neumann multiplexing
voting
vultures
Waco (Texas)
Wahhabism
walking on bed of coals
walking trees
Wamp, Zach
wars
as bringing out the best in people
holy versus secular
as natural
religion justifying sacrifice in
religious
ârighteous,â
in scienceâs development'
âweakest linkâ phenomenon
weather prediction
Weber, Max
Weinberg, Steven
West Bank settlers
âWhat Shall We Tell the Children?â(Humphrey)
whatsis center
Whitehouse, Harvey
Why Christianity Must Change or Die (Spong)
Why God Wonât Go Away: Brain Science and the Biology of Belief (Newberg, DâAquili, and Rouse)
Wicca
Wiesel, Elie
Williams, George
Wilson, Charles E.
Wilson, David Sloan
Wirth, Daniel
Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande (Evans-Pritchard)
witch doctors. See shamans witches
witnessing
Wittgenstein, Ludwig
Wolf, Frank
Wolfe, Alan
wonder
Wonder Woman
Word, the
in the beginning was
Bible as
Jesus as
as Number One
spreading
words
abstractness of
changes in
digitization in
as information packets
inventing
natural selection of
Wordsworth, William
workaholics
World Bank
World Changers Church
World Trade Center
writing
Wynne, Thomas
xenophobia
Yahuuz example
Yahweh (Jehovah)
yeast
Young Earth creationists
zealots
Zulus
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