Religious conviction spikes during bereavement and reduces later grief

Evidence

The work of mourning, if not performed when it is due, seems to be stored up for us, often for many years. It compounds and complicates our later griefs. — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 307 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Religion both causes existential anxiety and soothes it; Death reminders boost faith in agnostics but not atheists; Deferred mourning is stored up and complicates later griefs — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 307 (+1 more)

Related

• Deferred mourning is stored up and complicates later griefs (similarity 0.79)
• Mortality reminders strengthen religious belief even in atheists (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Death awareness temporarily increases belief in even alien gods #expands (0.85)
• Death reminders boost faith in agnostics but not atheists #expands (0.78)
• Deferred mourning is stored up and complicates later griefs #qualifies (0.72) — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 307