Introduction

Robert N. McCauley

Part I: The Theoretical Context

1. A Reductionistic Model of Distinct Modes of Religious Transmission

Pascal Boyer

2. Modes Theory: Some Theoretical Considerations

Robert Hinde

3. Ritual Form and Ritual Frequency: From Ethnographic Reports to Experimental Findings

E. Thomas Lawson

4. Divergent Religion: A Dual-Process Model of Religious Thought, Behavior, and Morphology

Todd Tremlin

5. Rethinking Naturalness: Modes of Religiosity and Religion in the Round

Matt Day

Part II: Testing the Modes Theory

6. In the Empirical Mode: Evidence Needed for the Modes of Religiosity Theory

Justin Barrett

7. Memory and Analogical Thinking in High-Arousal Rituals

Rebekah A. Richert, Harvey Whitehouse, and Emma Stewart

Part III: Wider Applications

8. Religious Conversion and Modes of Religiosity

Ilkka Pyysiäinen

9. Charisma, Tradition and Ritual: A Cognitive Approach to Magical Agency

Jesper Sorensen

10. Why Religions Develop Free Will Problems

D. Jason Slone

Conclusion

Harvey Whitehouse