In neurology , work by scientists such as Ramachandran and his colleagues from the University of California, San Diego [1] suggests that they have found evidence of brain circuitry in the temporal lobe that gives rises to intense religious experiences. In sociology , Rodney Stark has looked at the social forces that have caused religions to grow and the features of religions that have been most successful.
Les religions montrent donc un grand souci de la mort, parlant d'espérance pour compenser ce qui semble scandaleux dans cet évènement, conçue sous la forme de vie éternelle, de réincarnation , de résurrection, d'immortalité, d'éternité.