as multinational
on naming God
as path to peace
Reform
sacrifices on behalf of religion in
and Temple
uniformity of profession in
Judgment Day
justice
celestial
dying for
ideology and
love compared with
materialists as concerned with
religion motivating work for
as sacred value
as transcendent value
as universal
Kant, Immanuel
KGB
kill, license to
Kinsey, Alfred C.
kleptocracy
Kluger, Jeffrey
knowledge
costs of knowing
and epistemic taboos
Godâs omniscience
humans stuck with
for its own sake
as power
presumption of
and rising tide of information
science as reliable source of
âwhat everybody knowsâ
See also ignorance
Koestler, Arthur
Kohn, Marek
kosher laws
Kosovo
Kuhn, Thomas
laboratory animals
lactose tolerance
Lakoff, George
language(s)
age of
art requiring
as authorless
benefit of
evolution of
extinctions of
indeterminacy of radical translation of
in intentional communication
learning of
as nongenetically transmitted
as practical necessity
as precondition for science
and protecting formulas we donât understand
species compared with distinct
stewardship not required for
variants in transmission of
wild memes of
written
See also words
laughter
Lawrence, Raymond J., Jr.
laws of nature, gratitude toward
Lawson, E. Thomas
Lebanon
legal oaths
leks
Lerner, Yoel
lesbians
Lewis, C. S.
Lewis, David
Lewontin, Richard
liar paradox
Liberty Island
license to kill
life
Artificial Life
after death
eternal
meaning of
myths we live by
right to
Sanctity of Human Life
lifeboat, religion as
limericks
Lincoln, Abraham
linguistic shifts
âlip serviceâ
literature, religious
Little Red Riding Hood
âlive and let liveâ
Loch Ness Monster
Locke, John
locomotors
logical arguments for existence of God
Longman, Robert
Lord of the Rings, The
Lordâs Prayer
Lorenz, Konrad
love
of God
romantic
as sacred value
of a tradition
Lovelock, J. E.
Lovett, Lyle
low-fat diets
loyalty
brand
to dictators
dogs bred for
âfanâ
to oneâs religion
to tradition
Lucille (supermarket supervisor)
luck
Maalouf, Amin
MacCready, Paul
Mackie, John
madrassahs
Mafia
magic
magic tricks
magisteria, non-overlapping
Maine joke
âmajority ruleâ strategy
Malebranche, Nicolas de
male chauvinism
mammals
imprinting in
parasites of
parental care by
See also apes
Manji, Irshad
Mannheimâs paradox
man slipping down a precipice
Marjoe (film)
Mark 10:21
market(s)
agriculture and development of
competition among denominations in
for cultural innovations
growth market in religion
idea as offensive to some
for ideas
of mega-churches
research by religious leaders
Marlowe, Christopher
Martians, theories about religion of
martinis, drinking
martyrdom
Marx, Karl
Marxism
mass hypnosis
mass media, creating doubt through
master, dogâs devotion to
Masters, William
masturbation
materialism
maternal mortality rates
mathematics
Matrix, The (film)
matter, change in concept of
Matthew 13:3â4
mayflies, life cycle of
Mayr, Ernst
McCarthyism
McCauley, Robert N.
McCleary, Rachel M.
McClenon, James
meaning of life
religion providing
seen as religious domain
Mecca
medicinal herbs
mega-churches
meiosis, cost of
Melanesia
memes
boundaries of
champions of
classification and individuation problems of
competition between
as cultural replicators
for divination
existence of
for faith
that foster group solidarity
germs compared with
versus group selection
incomprehensible elements in transmission of
as information packets
multiplexing in transmission of
as nongenetically transmitted
proto-memes
versus psychological constraints
rehearsal in transmission of
for shamanism
with stewards
in swimming
taxonomy of
toxic
memetic engineering
memory
content as relevant in
episodic
limitations of
photographic
ritual as enhancement device for
rote
understanding versus
Mencken, H. L.
mental health, materialism and
mere contemplation effect
Meshoulam, Uriel
Messiah (Handel)
metaphor, anthropomorphic language taken as
metaphysical beliefs
Method & Theory in the Study of Religion
methodical selection
methods of inquiry, refining
Mickey Mouse
milk, drinking
mind(s)
evolution of
how nature deals with problem of other
language and differences in
âtheory of mindâ
See also ideas
mind-cure movement
Mindâs I, The (Dennett and Hofstadter)
ministers
miracles
cures
the natural as opposed to
witnesses to
misinformation
misrepresentation
missionaries
mob hysteria
moderates
Mohawks
moleosophy
molluscs
money
evolutionary rationale for
theories of religion
monks
monoamines
monotheism
Moore, R. Laurence
moral cleansing
morale, religion as improving
morality
changing views on
crisis of
fitness distinguished from
relativism
religion and
self-interest and
in social sciences
spirituality associated with
morals in fairy tales
Moravec, Hans
Mormon Church (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Morning Star
motion, animate
mountain climber example
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
muezzins
Muhammad
multiculturalism
multilevel selection theory
multiple-choice exams
multiplexing
music
addiction to
artifice in
as authorless
ear for
folk
if it were bad for you
natural versus nonnatural taste in
organized
religious
sexual selection as explanation of
supernormal stimuli in
mutations
of agent-ideas
evolution as depending on
indirect quotation as source of
of VMAT2 gene
of words
mutualism
of divination memes
of domestication of animals
of folk religion
of language memes
of shamanic healing rituals
in symbiont theories of religion
âmy lucky starsâ
myomancy
mysteries
creed revisions as
evolutionary theory as having no room
for
faith as required for penetrating
in immunity to disconfirmation
in physics
scientific method applied to
mystery novels
âmystical germâ
mythology
myths we live by
Nagel, Thomas
Nag Hammadi gospels
Nambudiri
name-memes
National Football League
Native Americans
natural disasters
natural food
natural history
Natural History of Religion, The (Hume)
natural kinds
natural religion
natural selection
as algorithm
differential replication in
gene centrism versus external
continuities in
in genetic engineering
group
mind affected by
scientific evidence for
as substrate-neutral
transition from unconscious selection to
See also competition; fitness; mutations
Naturwissenschaften
Neanderthals
Needham, Rodney
Nelson, Bill
nephomancy
neuro-economics
neutrality about religion
New Age phenomena
Newberg, Andrew
New Britain Island
âNew Replicators, Theâ (Dennett)
New Testament God
Newton, Isaac
Nietzsche, Friedrich
nipple, finding and clinging to
Nixon, Richard
nondenominational
non-overlapping magisteria,
nonsense, attention-grabbing
âno religionâ response
norms of production
Norris, Kathleen
novelties
ânow, â meaning of
nucleotides
Number One, looking out for
numerology
nuptial gifts
nutrition
oaths, legal
objet trouvé
Oklahoma City bombing
Oldfield, Sir Maurice
Old Testament God
Oliver, Simon
Olsen, Ken
omniscience
one-child policy in China
One True God: Historical Consequences of
Monotheism (Stark)
On the Origin of Species (Darwin)
âon the side of angelsâ
Ontological Argument
open marriage
open-mindedness
âopiate of the massesâ
opinion, versus belief
oral cultures, ritual as memory-enhancement device in
organized religion
age of
as distraction from root phenomenon
folk religionâs transition to
traces of folk religion in
orgasms in women
Orgelâs Second Rule
Origins of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, The (Jaynes)
orthopraxy, versus orthodoxy
other minds, how nature deals with problem of
otherworldly rewards
ââoughtâ implies âcanââ
âOur Lordâ
outmoded terminology
Oxford English Dictionary
ozone layer
Pagels, Elaine
pain, as intrinsically bad
Paine, Thomas
Palestine
Paley, William
Palmer, Craig T.
Panikkar, Raimundo
pantheism
Papua New Guinea
paradoxology
paranormal
paraphrase
parasite(s)
Dicrocelium dendriticum as
divination memes and
memes as
religion as
sexual reproduction for combating
Toxoplasma gondii as
parents
care by
and religious education
Parker, Dorothy
Parliament of World Religions
âpassing the buckâ
pastoralism
patents
Patmore, Coventry
Paul, Saint
peace
peaceful coexistence
peacocks
pearl theories
pedophiles
Pegasus
Penan
performance, religious
petroleum reserves
Perry Mason Fan Club
Persinger, Michael
personal rules
Pew Research Center
phallocentrism
pharmaceutical companies
Philby, Kim
Phillips, Emo
Phillips, Tom
Phillips, Wendell
philosophy
for finding right questions
as making the familiar strange
open-mindedness to every idea in
of religion
religion contrasted with
unenviable reputation of
photographic memory
Picasso, Pablo
pigeons
Pike, Nelson
Piltdown Man
Pinker, Steven
Pitts, Joseph
placebo effect
Plantinga, Alvin
Plato
plots, strategic information and
Poland
polar bears
polarization
policy prescriptions
politeness
political beliefs
political leaders
Polk, David
poltergeists
polytheism
Pomio Kivung cult
popular culture
population genetics
pornography
Porter, Cole
positive-feedback escalators
postmodernism
potlatch ceremonies
practical animism
âPraise the Lord and pass the ammunitionâ (song)
prayer
answered
to anthropomorphic gods
to nonanthropomorphic gods
studies on efficacy of
as talking to God
unanswered
precocial species
pre-emptive disqualification strategy
Presley, Elvis
pretending
price-inversion effect
priests
alliance with political leaders
âbedside mannerâ of
collaborating with scientists
condemning fanatics by
as âFatherâ
guilds of
and love of God
moral authority delegated to
penalties for failure to obey
religion as Priestertrug
in vetting scientists studying religion
vocations after Vatican II
prions
prison population, religious affiliation and
private religions
probability amplitudes
profession
versus belief
continuity in
science doing more than
uniformity of
Professor Faith
progress
Prohibition
promiscuity
promises
pronunciation
proofreading enzymes
pro-social norms
Providence
Prozac
Psalms
psychic forces
psychic surgery
psychoanalysis
psychology
divisions in
evolutionary
folk
memes versus constraints of
study of religion by
public opinion
pudus
âpull yourself up by your own bootstrapsâ
punishment
Puritans
Pyper, Hugh
pyramid schemes
Pyysièainen, Ilkka
QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter (Feynman)
quantum electrodynamics
questioning
questionnaire design
questionnaire for belief in God
quid pro quo bargains
Quine, W. V. O
Quinian crossword puzzle
rabbis
racism
rain dances
Ramachandran, Vilayanur
Ramadan
R & D (research and development)
randomness
Rappaport, Roy
Rapture
rational choice
rationales
represented
See also free-floating rationale
rationality
rats
Ratzinger, Cardinal
reading, religion compared to
Reagan, Ronald
âReal Patternsâ (Dennett)
receptor molecules
recipes
âred-diaper babiesâ
reductionism
red wine
reflection
reflexivity
Reform Judaism
regularities, environmental
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