The wrath of the academics

Criticisms, applications, and extensions of the supernatural punishment hypothesis

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ID16909469
AuthorsDominic D P Johnson, Dominic Johnson (0000-0002-2801-8945, University of Oxford, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume8
Issue3
Pages320-350
Publication date2018-07-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligion Brain & Behavior (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2153-5981 • E-ISSN: 2153-599X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/2153599x.2017.1302986
OpenAlexW2732236286
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited56

If you thought it was a tough life for religious believers living beneath the constant gaze of an omniscient and omnipresent God, spare a thought for the life of an academic. We spend years painstakingly putting together pieces of work that advance a niche field in tiny incremental steps, only to expose ourselves to the intense scrutiny of eagle-eyed peers whose job it is to pick through everything we say with a fine tooth-comb, ready to strike us down on any and all points. It is thus with some trepidation that I read through the eight commentaries on God is Watching You, fearful of thunderbolts that might strike it down. Of course, along with fear there is always awe. It is a great honour when anyone reads one’s work, and a much greater one when they sit down to carefully critique it. In an age when we are bombarded from dawn to dusk with a blizzard of news, social media, blogs, journals, and new books it is a joy to reach anyone and a pleasure to provoke a response. I am therefore extremely grateful to all of the authors for their commentaries. They are remarkable for their diversity and brilliant ideas. It is thus with some trepidation that I read through the eight commentaries on God is Watching You, fearful of thunderbolts that might strike it down. Of course, along with fear there is always awe. It is a great honour when anyone reads one’s work, and a much greater one when they sit down to carefully critique it. In an age when we are bombarded from dawn to dusk with a blizzard of news, social media, blogs, journals, and new books it is a joy to reach anyone and a pleasure to provoke a response. I am therefore extremely grateful to all of the authors for their commentaries. They are remarkable for their diversity and brilliant ideas

Criminology · Sociology · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social Psychology

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