This article surveys the literature that constitutes the newly emergent anthropology of
Christianity. Arguing that the development of this sub‐discipline was impeded until recently …

Recent decades have seen a dramatic shift away from social forms of gambling played
around roulette wheels and card tables to solitary gambling at electronic terminals. Slot …

Throughout history, people have reported nonordinary experiences (NOEs) such as feelings
of oneness with the universe and hearing voices. Although these experiences form the basis …

The essence of religion was once widely thought to be a unique form of experience that
could not be explained in neurological, psychological, or sociological terms. In recent …

Synthesizing diverse strands of theory and research, this compelling book explores the
psychology of religion and spirituality through an innovative attachment lens. Pehr Granqvist …

Drawing on dream stories from a Sufi community in Egypt, this article probes the limits of the
paradigm of self‐cultivation which has come to be widely employed in the anthropology of …

What do the occult sciences, séances with the souls of the dead, and appeals to saintly
powers have to do with rationality? Since the late nineteenth century, modernizing …

We explore the cognitive effects of three common features of religious interactions:(1)
demand for the expressive suppression of emotion;(2) exposure to goal-demoted and …

'Our greatest blessings come to us by way of mania, provided it is given us by divine gift,'–
says Socrates in Plato's Phaedrus. Certain forms of alteration of consciousness, considered …

The spiritual but not religious (SBNR) are a growing population in secularizing societies.
Yet, we know little about the underlying psychology of this group or their belief profile. Based …