Magic, Religion, and Science: Secularization Trends and Continued Coexistence

While multiple studies have applied cultural evolutionary perspectives to the study of religion, few studies have examined the cultural evolutionary dynamics of a more secretive but equally ubiquitous form of supernatural belief: magic. We conducted two studies, an American nationally representative...

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Authors: Matthews, Luke (Author) ; Hertzog, Werner B. (Author) ; Kyritsis, Thanos (Author) ; Kerber, Rose (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2023
In: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 2023, Volume: 62, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-27
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Magic / Faith / Cultural evolution / World religion
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
AZ New religious movements
BG World religions
KBQ North America
Further subjects:B phylogenetic
B Magic
B Comparative
B paranormal
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