Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon

keeping girls and women uneducated

on life after death

meaning of islam,

moderates versus extremists

muezzins in

as multinational

proving faith in

religious art of

sacrifices on behalf of religion in

and terrorism

Israel

Istanbul, mosques of

Â

Jablonka, Eva

Jack the Ripper

Jacob, François

James, William

James Bond novels

Jansen, Johannes

Jarawas

Jaynes, Julian

jazz

Jefferson, Thomas

Jehovah (Yahweh)

Jeni, Rich

Jesuits

Jesus of Nazareth

jihad (holy war)

Jivaro

Job

John Frum Day

John Paul II, Pope

Johnson, Virginia

jokes

Jonestown

Joshua Judges Ruth (Lovett)

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Journal of Cognition and Culture

Journal of Reproductive Medicine

journals, interdisciplinary

Judaism

age of

on apostasy

debate encouraged in

devotion to an idea in

God becoming more abstract and depersonalized in

kosher laws

moderates versus extremists in

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

Â

Kant, Immanuel

KGB

kill, license to

Kinsey, Alfred C.

kleptocracy

Kluger, Jeffrey

knowledge

costs of knowing

and epistemic taboos

God’s omniscience

humans stuck with

for its own sake

as power

presumption of

and rising tide of information

science as reliable source of

“what everybody knows”

See also ignorance

Koestler, Arthur

Kohn, Marek

kosher laws

Kosovo

Kuhn, Thomas

Â

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 don’t 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

“lip service”

literature, religious

Little Red Riding Hood

“live and let live”

Loch Ness Monster

Locke, John

locomotors

logical arguments for existence of God

Longman, Robert

Lord of the Rings, The

Lord’s 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

“fan”

to one’s religion

to tradition

Lucille (supermarket supervisor)

luck

Maalouf, Amin

MacCready, Paul

Mackie, John

madrassahs

Mafia

magic

magic tricks

magisteria, non-overlapping

Maine joke

“majority rule” strategy

Malebranche, Nicolas de

male chauvinism

mammals

imprinting in

parasites of

parental care by

See also apes

Manji, Irshad

Mannheim’s 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, dog’s devotion to

Masters, William

masturbation

materialism

maternal mortality rates

mathematics

Matrix, The (film)

matter, change in concept of

Matthew 13:3–4

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

“theory of mind”