“…These are theories in social-personality psychology Second, a key focus of inquiry about religion concerns its functions (Cohen, 2015;Saroglou, 2011;. Religion can satisfy a broad array of psychological motives, including security (Saroglou et al, 2004), meaning (Park, 2005), control (Kay, Gaucher, McGregor, & Nash, 2010), certainty (Hogg, Adelman, & Blagg, 2010), immortality beliefs (Vail et al, 2010), attachment (Granqvist et al, 2010), belonging , and a positive social or collective identity (Ysseldyk et al, 2010). …”