Supernatural: Death, Meaning, and the Power of the Invisible World

Humans-even those who consider themselves secular or atheists-are utterly seduced by supernatural beliefs. Clay Routledge, an experimental social psychologist who grew up in a deeply religious environment, argues that belief or trust in forces beyond our understanding is natural and rooted in our fears of death. In Supernatural: Death, Meaning, and the Power of the Invisible World, Routledge argues that supernatural thinking is adaptive, even healthy, andthat it should unite and not divide us.