Breaking the Spell

by Daniel C. Dennett

rehearsal

  reinforcement, random

  relativism

  moral

  of truth

  religion

  academic smoke screen for

  “acute” versus “chronic,”

  artifice and design in practices of

  as attractive nuisance

  births of

  as bringing out the best in people

  buyer’s 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 d’être 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 others’

  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

  “rocket science, ”

  Rocks of Ages (Gould)

  role model, God as

  Roman Catholic Church on alcohol

  Catholicism center in brain

  Catholicism gene

  “design review board” 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

  “sacred dishonesty, ”

  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

  “sanctuary, ”

  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

  “hard” versus “soft, ”

  inquiry destroying its object

  Islamist view of

  as “just another religion, ”

  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 “holy soil, ”

  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

  Sorcerer’s 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 d’être 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, D’Arcy

  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 “tried and true, ”

  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

  “family, ”

  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

  “righteous,”

  in science’s development'

  “weakest link” phenomenon

  weather prediction

  Weber, Max

  Weinberg, Steven

  West Bank settlers

  “What Shall We Tell the Children?”(Humphrey)

  whatsis center

  Whitehouse, Harvey

  Why Christianity Must Change or Die (Spong)

  Why God Won’t Go Away: Brain Science and the Biology of Belief (Newberg, D’Aquili, 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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