Psychology textbooks ignored religion entirely even into the 1990s

Evidence

For someone like me who grew up in the religious strife of Lebanon in the 1980s, this was shocking. Like many people, I was very curious and wanted to know: What is religion? What makes people religious? What predisposes people toward supernatural belief? Why are people willing to sacrifice or kill for some of these beliefs (but not for others)? I would flip through psychology textbook after textbook, searching, in vain, for the words religion, belief, supernatural, or ritual. I could not find a single entry, not even in social psychology, my own home field, where one would have expected a mountain of interest in one of the most enduring and deeply affecting aspects of social life around the world. — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 355

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Psychology long neglected the scientific study of religion entirely — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 355; Asch conformity findings are exaggerated in psychology textbooks — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects…, 126; Scientific knowledge about religion’s role in conflict is strikingly thin — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 506
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Psychology long neglected the scientific study of religion entirely — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 355; Asch conformity findings are exaggerated in psychology textbooks — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects…, 126; Scientific knowledge about religion’s role in conflict is strikingly thin — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 506

Broader Connections

• Psychology long neglected the scientific study of religion entirely #corroborates (0.92) — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 355