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J. Aaron Simmons, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Furman University, answers the question: ‘What values or norms define excellent philosophy of religion?’ at PhilosophyofReligion.Org Read it Here
Research
New Publication: Bridging Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches to Religion
Post-Doctoral Fellow Justin Lane Religion, Brain and Behavior March 21, 2018 Lane writes a commentary for a symposium on Taves’ Revelatory Events: Three Case Studies of the Emergence of New Spiritual Paths. Introduction: “Revelatory Events” (2016) is definitive of the current…
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Gregory Dawes, Professor of Philosophy and Religion at the University of Otago (New Zealand), answers the question: ‘What values or norms define excellent philosophy of religion?’ at PhilosophyofReligion.Org Read it Here
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David Schrader, former Professor of Religion at Loras College and Executive Director of the American Philosophical Association (2006-2012), answers the question: ‘What values or norms define excellent philosophy of religion?’ at PhilosophyofReligion.Org Read it Here
March Team Meeting
Wesley opened this month’s meeting by outlining the goals of the discussion, from pinpointing the diverse projects that CMACers are working on to getting a chance to connect with one another and share the progress they’ve made. We then turned…
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Jeppe Sinding Jensen, Associate Professor in the Department for the Study of Religion at Aarhus University, answers the question: ‘What values or norms define excellent philosophy of religion?’ at PhilosophyofReligion.Org Read it Here
New Publications: Practicing Safe Sects
Research Associate LeRon Shults February 12, 2018 Book Description: Where do gods come from – and what is the cost of bearing them? In Practicing Safe Sects F. LeRon Shults argues for the importance of having “the talk” about the causes and consequences…
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Sonia Sikka, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Ottawa (Canada), answers the question: ‘What values or norms define excellent philosophy of religion?’ at PhilosophyofReligion.Org Read it Here
Presentation: Theoretical Perspectives on Conservative and Liberal Religion
Post-Doctoral Fellow Connor Wood Rabbis Without Borders Alumni Retreat at the Pearlstone Center, Reisterstown MD USA February 12, 2018 Retreat Summary: No matter where we all fall on the political, cultural and religious spectrum, we are all struggling in some way…
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Robert Nola, Professor of Philosophy at University of Auckland (New Zealand), answers the question: ‘What values or norms define excellent philosophy of religion?’ at PhilosophyofReligion.Org Read it Here
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Michael Almeida, Professor of Philosophy and Classics at the University of Texas at San Antonio, answers the question: ‘What values or norms define excellent philosophy of religion?’ at PhilosophyofReligion.Org Read it Here
February Team Meeting
We were excited to learn that Connor will be working on a paper on the evolution of religion with John Shaver for the Journal of Evolutionary Studies. The paper will focus on the subjunctive processes of producing religion while also…
New Publication: Forecasting Changes in Religiosity and Existential Security with an Agent-Based Model
Research Associates Ross Gore and LeRon Shults, Executive Director Wesley Wildman and Co-Authors Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation January 31, 2018 Abstract: We employ existing data sets and agent-based modeling to forecast changes in religiosity and existential security among…
New Publication: How North American Philosophers of Religion See Their Field
Executive Director Wesley J. Wildman and Doctoral Fellow David Rohr Chapter in Renewing Philosophy of Religion: Exploratory Essays 2017 Book Description: This book is animated by a shared conviction that philosophy of religion needs to change: thirteen new essays suggest why…
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Donald Blakeley, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at California State University Fresno, answers the question: ‘What values or norms define excellent philosophy of religion?’ at PhilosophyofReligion.Org Read it Here
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Stanley Tweyman, University Professor of Humanities and Graduate Philosophy at York University (Canada), answers the question: ‘What values or norms define excellent philosophy of religion?’ at PhilosophyofReligion.Org Read it Here
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Clayton Crockett, Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Central Arkansas, answers the question: ‘What values or norms define excellent philosophy of religion?’ at PhilosophyofReligion.Org Read it Here
New Publication: Agent-Based Modeling of Social Conflict
Collaborating Specialist Carlos Lemos 2018 Book Description: This Brief revisits and extends Epstein’s classical agent-based model of civil violence by considering important mechanisms suggested by social conflict theories. Among them are: relative deprivation as generator of hardship, generalized vanishing of the…
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Nancy K, Frankenberry, John Phillips Professor of Religion Emeritus at Dartmouth College, answers the question: ‘What values or norms define excellent philosophy of religion?’ at PhilosophyofReligion.Org Read it Here
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Aleksander S. Santrac, Professor of Ethics and Philosophy and Chair of the Religion and Philosophy Department at Washington Adventist University, answers the question: ‘What values or norms define excellent philosophy of religion?’ at PhilosophyofReligion.Org Read it Here