Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon

decision-making

deconstructionism

deism

delegated authority

Dembski, William

DeMint, Jim

democracy

belief in

in Iraq

misinformation as enemy of

mutual trust in

putting first allegiance to

as sacred value

sacrifices made for

Statue of Liberty as symbol of

subversion of

demons

denominations

Descartes, René

design

Argument from Design

Intelligent Design

long-term stabilities of environment in

in religion

as taking place off line

“designoids,”

desires

de Sousa, Ronald

Deus

Deus sive Natura

Development as Freedom (Sen)

Devil, the. See Satan

Devil’s Chaplain, A (Dawkins)

Devil’s Share, The (Rougement)

De Vries, Peter

diabolical lie

Diagoras

dialogue

Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion(Hume)

Diamond, Jared

Dianetics (Hubbard)

diaries, prayer compared with

Diaz, Cameron

Dicrocelium dendriticum

dictators, loyalty to

diet

differential replication

in cultural transmission

fitness as capacity for

in group selection

and phenomena exceeding the functional

digitization

dinosaurs

disconfirmation, systematic invulnerability to

diseases

agriculture in spread of

See also healing

Disney’s Magic Kingdom of Allah

disproof, systematic invulnerability to

Disraeli, Benjamin

dissection of human cadavers

distraction displays

divination

divine essences

divorce

DNA

doctrine

dogs

dogwood

Dollar, Dr. Creflo

dolphins

Domenici, Pete

domesticated plants and animals

“Dominus Iesus: On the Unicity and

Salvific Universality of Jesus Christ and

the Church” (Ratzinger)

donations

Dostoevski, Fyodor

double agents

doxology

Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan

drawing a straight line

drugs

Druze

dualism

Dulles, Avery Cardinal

Dumbo’s magic feather

Dunbar, Robin

Duprés, John

Durham, William

Durkheim, Emil

Â

Eagleton, Terry

Easterbrook, Gregg

Easter Bunny

eating disorders among Muslim women

E. coli

ecology

economic forecasting

“economic resource management” hypothesis

economics

neuro-

rational choice theory

supply-side

ecoterrorism

ecstasy, religious

ectosymbionts

ecumenism

Eddy, Mary Baker

education

as most important investment in children

religious

skepticism and

for young Muslims

e © mc²

eidetic imagery

Einstein, Albert

élan vital

electricity generation, atmospheric effects of

elephants

Eliade, Mircea

Elizabeth II, Queen

Ellington, Duke

Ellis, Fiona

El Niño

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

“Emperor’s New Clothes, The”

empirical argument for existence of God

endangered species

End Days movement

End of Faith, The (Harris)

End of the World

endosymbionts

Enlightenment, the

Ensign, John

entrance examination for scientists

studying religion

environmental regularities

Epimenides

Episcopalianism

episodic memory

error-correcting code-reading systems

Essay Concerning Human Understanding (Locke)

essences, divine

eternal (everlasting) life

Eternal Recurrence

“eumerdification”

Eurocentrism

European Museum of Roman Catholicism

evangelicals

Evans-Pritchard, Edward

Evening Star

everlasting (eternal) life

evil

Argument from Evil

and diabolical lies

supernatural agents

and transcendent values

Evil Eye

evolution

Bible and

coevolution

conditions for

convergent

Disraeli’s response to

as fostering the good

as “only a theory”

of phenomena that apparently exceed the functional

as about processes that almost never happen

Roman Catholic Church on

scientific evidence for

social scientists as suspicious of

underpinnings of religion

See also cultural evolution; natural selection

evolutionary biology

and classification

as glamour discipline

interpretation in

as “just another religion”

as making the familiar strange

as not a religion

See also evolution

evolutionary psychology

existence of God, arguments for

explanations, religion providing

extrasensory perception

eye, design of

eye spots on butterfly wings

Â

Faber, M. D.

fairy tales

faith

as “believing what you know ain’t so”

blind

faith (cont.)

and credal athleticism

mysteries understood through

proving our

religion distinguished from

unquestioning

“what everyone knows” as based on

faith-based initiatives

Faith Seeking (Turner)

“fake it till you make it”

falsehoods, benefits from belief in

Family (Fellowship Foundation)

“family values”

fanaticism

“fan loyalty”

fantasy

fasting

fats, craving for

fatwas

fear

of God

of heights

Feldman, Marcus

Fellowship Foundation (Family)

female selection

female shapes

feminism

Feynman, Richard

Fides et Ratio (John Paul II)

Fifth Amendment

fifth-order intentionality

Finke, Roger

Finnish language

firms, religious organizations as

First Amendment

First Cause

fish, schooling of

fitness

defined

differential

frequency-dependent

group

happiness contrasted with

of memes

pearls and

of religion

religion as fostering

flattery

Fleming, Ian

flipping a coin

flocking of birds

flu season of 2003–2004

flying carpets

folklore

folk medicine

folk music

folk processes

folk psychology

folk religion

design influences of

as practical know-how

reflection entering into

as seamless part of life

transition to organized religion

wild memes of

former religions