ijtihad
Islamism
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
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
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 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