1. Introduction: Approaching Religion With the Scientific Attitude
2. The Biology of Religion: There Will Never be a Darwin for the Crown of Thorns?
3. Religion as Extended Phenotype: The Behavioral Immune System
4. Religion’s Vital Lie: The Psychological Immune System
5. Religion’s Curative Violence: The Physiological Immune System
6. At War with the Body: When Religion Becomes the Infection
7. Conclusion: Religion and Public Health, Today and Tomorrow
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Index