Death anxiety and religion.

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  • Author(s): Jong J;Jong J;Jong J
  • Source:
    Current opinion in psychology [Curr Opin Psychol] 2021 Aug; Vol. 40, pp. 40-44. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Aug 19.
  • Publication Type:
    Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Review
  • Language:
    English
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: Elsevier Country of Publication: Netherlands NLM ID: 101649136 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2352-2518 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 2352250X NLM ISO Abbreviation: Curr Opin Psychol Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: Amsterdam : Elsevier, [2015]-
    • Subject Terms:
      Attitude to Death* ; Religion*; Anxiety ; Fear ; Humans
    • Abstract:
      This review summarises research on the relationship between death anxiety and religiosity. The fear of death is commonly hypothesized as a motivation for religious belief. From a Terror Management Theory perspective, religious beliefs are especially attractive because they offer both literal and symbolic immortality in the form of afterlife beliefs and belonging in venerable systems of value respectively. However, the evidence for any relationship - whether correlational or causal - between death anxiety and religious belief is weak. Indeed, evidence for death anxiety under normal (i.e. non-life threatening) circumstances is surprisingly hard to find. If the fear of death motivates religiosity, it does so subtly, weakly, and sporadically.
      (Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20200917 Date Completed: 20211025 Latest Revision: 20211025
    • Publication Date:
      20231215
    • Accession Number:
      10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.08.004
    • Accession Number:
      32942111