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[An] ambitious and scholarly study. Oxford Today Scholars of religion and those interested in the psychology of religion will welcome this thorough, scientifically grounded contribution to the literature on psychology of religion and religion theory. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty. CHOICE An extraordinarily thorough interdisciplinary integration and synthesis of theory and research on death anxiety and religious belief, including the authors' cutting-edge contributions to the field, thoughtfully and gracefully written. Bravo. Sheldon Solomon, Professor of Psychology, Skidmore College, USA Thorough and accessible, this book offers a comprehensive overview of the psychological literature on religion and death anxiety. The authors clearly describe leading theories in the context of historical debates, systematically review available evidence, and boldly present novel findings that convincingly overturn received wisdoms. This beautifully written and organised book will appeal to a general human science audience, and should become a standard part of training in the scientific study of religion. Joseph Bulbulia, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Victoria University, New Zealand

As a call to arms to newer researchers in [death, anxiety, and religious belief], Jong and Halberstadt have done a great service to the field. Their pithy and highly readable text may well inspire the next generation of researchers. * PsycCRITIQUES * [An] ambitious and scholarly study. * Oxford Today * Scholars of religion and those interested in the psychology of religion will welcome this thorough, scientifically grounded contribution to the literature on psychology of religion and religion theory. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty. * CHOICE * An extraordinarily thorough interdisciplinary integration and synthesis of theory and research on death anxiety and religious belief, including the authors’ cutting-edge contributions to the field, thoughtfully and gracefully written. Bravo. * Sheldon Solomon, Professor of Psychology, Skidmore College, USA * Thorough and accessible, this book offers a comprehensive overview of the psychological literature on religion and death anxiety. The authors clearly describe leading theories in the context of historical debates, systematically review available evidence, and boldly present novel findings that convincingly overturn received wisdoms. This beautifully written and organised book will appeal to a general human science audience, and should become a standard part of training in the scientific study of religion. * Joseph Bulbulia, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Victoria University, New Zealand *

[An] ambitious and scholarly study. * Oxford Today * Scholars of religion and those interested in the psychology of religion will welcome this thorough, scientifically grounded contribution to the literature on psychology of religion and religion theory. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty. * CHOICE * An extraordinarily thorough interdisciplinary integration and synthesis of theory and research on death anxiety and religious belief, including the authors' cutting-edge contributions to the field, thoughtfully and gracefully written. Bravo. * Sheldon Solomon, Professor of Psychology, Skidmore College, USA * Thorough and accessible, this book offers a comprehensive overview of the psychological literature on religion and death anxiety. The authors clearly describe leading theories in the context of historical debates, systematically review available evidence, and boldly present novel findings that convincingly overturn received wisdoms. This beautifully written and organised book will appeal to a general human science audience, and should become a standard part of training in the scientific study of religion. * Joseph Bulbulia, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Victoria University, New Zealand *

An extraordinarily thorough interdisciplinary integration and synthesis of theory and research on death anxiety and religious belief, including the authors' cutting-edge contributions to the field, thoughtfully and gracefully written. Bravo. Sheldon Solomon, Professor of Psychology, Skidmore College, USA Thorough and accessible, this book offers a comprehensive overview of the psychological literature on religion and death anxiety. The authors clearly describe leading theories in the context of historical debates, systematically review available evidence, and boldly present novel findings that convincingly overturn received wisdoms. This beautifully written and organised book will appeal to a general human science audience, and should become a standard part of training in the scientific study of religion. Joseph Bulbulia, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Victoria University, New Zealand

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Jonathan Jong is Deputy Director of the Belief, Brain and Behaviour research group at the Centre for Research in Psychology, Behaviour and Achievement, Coventry University, UK; and Research Coordinator at the Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Oxford, UK. Jamin Halberstadt is a Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Otago, New Zealand.

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