Research

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 Post: Philosophy of Religion

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

New Publication: Reflective Thought, Religious Belief and the Social Foundations Hypothesis

Research Director Catherine Caldwell-Harris, Post-Doctoral Fellow Connor Wood and Doctoral Fellow Jonathan Morgan Chapter in The New Reflectionism in Cognitive Psychology: Why Reason Matters December 2017 Abstract: Analytical thinking predicts irreligiosity across paradigms and contexts. Explanations for this association have included…