CMAC’s Modeling Religion Project generates insights into religious social dynamics using computational modeling and simulation.
Research Associates LeRon Shults and Uffe Schjodt International Association for the Psychology of Religion: Culture, Context and Existential Challenges August 23, 2017 Conference Summary: The International Association for the Psychology of Religion (IAPR) holds bi-annual conferences that serve as a meeting…
This article was originally published at Patheos and has been reprinted with permission. Religion builds self-control and excludes outsiders – simultaneously
Research Associate Ross Gore, Collaborating Specialist Christopher Lynch and Co-Authors Conference Paper at Swarmfest 2017: 21st Annual Meeting on Agent Based Modeling and Simulation August 2017 Abstract: Verification and validation (V&V) techniques commonly require modelers to collect and statistically analyze large…
This article was originally published at Patheos and has been reprinted with permission. Supernatural punishment and the evolution of cooperation
Post-Doctoral Fellow Justin Lane Religion, Brain and Behavior June 29, 2017 Introduction: God is Watching You presents a comprehensive overview of the supernatural punishment hypothesis (SPH). In brief, the SPH posits that human behavior is influenced by the fear of punishment…
This article was originally published at Patheos and has been reprinted with permission. A computer model of atheism?
Executive Director Wesley Wildman, Research Associates LeRon Shults and Saikou Diallo, Post-Doctoral Fellow Justin Lane and Co-Authors Religion, Brain and Behavior March 16, 2017 Abstract: This article outlines the development – and reports on the experimental findings – of two…
Research Associate LeRon Shults Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research Opening March 2017 Summary: Using Multi-Agent Artificial Intelligence Models to Simulate Social Policy Learn More
This article was originally published at Patheos and has been reprinted with permission. Want to study the science of religion? Start with this MOOC
Executive Director Wesley Wildman American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting: Cognitive Science Group and IACSR November 19, 2016 Conference Summary: Join us for the 2016 AAR and SBL Annual Meetings in San Antonio! More than 1,200 events—academic sessions, additional meetings, receptions,…
Research Associate LeRon Shults Deleuze and the Schizoanalysis of Religion September 22, 2016 Book Description: This volume brings together some of the leading voices in the field of Deleuze studies to explore – and practice – a variety of approaches to…
Doctoral Fellow Connor Wood 6th Biennial Meeting of the International Association for the Cognitive Science of Religion August 22, 2016 Description: A new model and computer simulation of the relationship between religion self-regulation and mental well-being. Learn More About the…
Post-Doctoral Fellow Justin Lane and Co-Author Chapter in Religion: Mental Religion August 12, 2016 Book Summary: Religion: Mental Religion is part of the Macmillan Interdisciplinary Handbooks series dedicated to the study of religion. Composed of twenty-two thematic chapters, this volume highlights religion,…
Executive Director Wesley Wildman University of Otago July 26, 2016 Description: The Puzzle of Modeling Religious Cognition
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Research Associate LeRon Shults Religion, Brain & Behavior Book Symposium on A Natural History of Natural Theology February 18, 2016 Read the Article
Research Associate LeRon Shults Religions June 17, 2015 Abstract: Why is it so easy to ignore the ecological and economic crises of the Anthropocene? This article unveils some of the religious biases whose covert operation facilitates the repression or rejection…
Research Associate LeRon Shults Syndicate: A New Forum of Theology Response to a Symposium on Theology after the Birth of God May 11, 2015 Intro: Many readers of Syndicate will know that I was a (more or less) progressive Christian theologian…
Research Associate LeRon Shults American Journal of Theology & Philosophy Vol. 36 No. 1 January 2015 Intro: For readers familiar with Robert Neville’s expansive literary corpus, one of the first questions that arises when confronted with volume 1 of his trilogy on Philosophical Theology…