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1 online resource |
| Contents |
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 |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Subject |
Existentialism.
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Existentialism
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existentialism.
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Existentialism
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Vail, Kenneth E., editor.
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Routledge, Clay, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780128172056 |
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0128172053 |
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