Robert B. Arrowood is a graduate student in the Hood Psychology of Religion lab at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. His primary interests are the psychology of death and religion with broader interests in social psychology in general and the teaching of psychology. As a researcher, he is currently working on several projects investigating differing attitudes and emotions when faced with thoughts of death, sexual interest when aware of death, how reading affects class performance, and the mind’s perception of Jesus. All correspondence should be sent to robert-b-arrowood@mocs.utc.edu
On October 31 – November 2, the Marriot Hotel of downtown Indianapolis, Indiana hosted the 2014 annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR) in conjuncture with the Religious Research Association (RRA). The major theme for SSSR was “Building Bridges” and beautifully illustrated on the program cover by Kenan Sevinc. From my understanding, this was the first year that the program was in colour.
When confronted with mortality, humans face the possibility of experiencing a significant amount of terror. Interestingly, many times, people are able to avoid this terror and actually enjoy the mortality themes that are presented. Consider the horror movie industry. To illustrate, Paranormal Activity (Blum & Peli, 2007) brought in $19,617,650 on its opening weekend alone (IMDB, n.d.). Further, ...
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