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EPISODE · Sep 12, 2026 · 13 MIN

War Makes Us More Religious

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Watch the full interview here!: https://youtu.be/s_M2odFfxno Support us on Patreon!: https://www.patreon.com/religionforbreakfastFollow me on Twitter: @andrewmarkhenrySpecial thanks to the Center for Mind and Culture for the chance to meet Dr. Joe Henrich and talk about this research! Check out their website and research at: https://mindandculture.org/ Bibliography:Michael Jackson citation at 4:37 - 4:47: Citation from Existential Anthropology, p. 94Joseph Henrich, Michal Bauer, Alessandra Cassar, Julie Chytilova, Benjamin Grant Purzycki, "War Increases Religiosity," Nature: Human Behavior, 2019Vail et. al., "A TMT Management Analysis of the Psychological Functions of Religion," Personality and Social Psychology Review, 2010, 84-94.Jonas, E. & Fischer, P. ‘TMT and religion: evidence that intrinsic religiousness mitigates worldview defense following mortality salience. J. Pers. Soc. Psychol. 91, 553-567 (2006)Martin Lang, "Effects of Anxiety on Spontaneous Ritualized Behavior," Current Biology, July 2015.Richard Sosis and Handwerker, "Psalms and Coping with Uncertainty," American Anthropologist," March 2011.Gelfand, M. J. et al. Differences between tight and loose cultures: a 33-nation study. Science 332, 1100–1104 (2011)Harvey Whitehouse et. al., "Brothers in Arms," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 2014.Zachary Rothschild et. al. "Does Peace Have a Prayer? The effect of mortality salience, compassionate values, and religious fundamentalism on hostility toward out-groups," Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, June 2009. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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