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“Religious priming” is among the most widely studied and celebrated discoveries in the cognitive science of religion. It refers to the frequently reported finding that presenting participants with stimuli that bring religion to mind has an influence on attitudes and behaviours, even when these participants are unaware of this influence. A recent meta-analysis of 93 experimental studies came to the conclusion that “religious priming has robust effects across a variety of outcome measures”. In this talk I re-evaluate the evidence for religious priming and come to a different conclusion..