Cognitive biases don’t explain religion, after all

cognitive science of religion

credibility-enhancing displays

hyperactive agency detection

2017-04-26T18:36:54-04:00

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In New Zealand, religion reduces prejudice – but media inflames it

Last updated on: April 26, 2017 at 6:36 pm By Connor Wood

In New Zealand, strongly religious people have less prejudice for Muslims and immigrants. But nightly news-watchers feel more prejudice and less warmth. Read more

Religion and prejudice

Religious violence

2017-04-11T15:00:32-04:00

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Cool new research in religion

Last updated on: April 11, 2017 at 3:00 pm By Connor Wood

If you ever want to get seriously frustrated, I suggest getting advanced graduate training in religious studies. Why’s it frustrating? Because everyone thinks they understand religion already. Seriously, biologists don’t sit down next to strangers on airplanes, let slip that they’re biologists, and then find themselves subjected to a 10-minute lecture on their seat mate’s poorly informed ideas about cellular signaling pathways. But the equivalent happens to people who study religion all the time. You say, “Oh, I study ritual... Read more

Atheism

Religion and health

Religion and prejudice

scientific study of religion

Tai Chi

Will Gervais

2017-04-04T12:07:42-04:00

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Is a global community really possible?

Last updated on: April 4, 2017 at 12:07 pm By Connor Wood

This was supposed to be an era of globalism and tolerance. But if we want the global community to seem real, we have to use ritual and myth to make it real. Read more

Evolution of Religion

Religion and prejudice

Secularization

Benedict Anderson

citizens of the world

2017-03-28T13:32:51-04:00

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Is a secular America a worse America?

Last updated on: March 28, 2017 at 1:32 pm By Connor Wood

After centuries of being more religious than other Western societies, the United States in the 21st century is becoming more secular, with attendance and membership in most mainline churches plummeting. Many secularist writers have lauded this development, arguing that a less religious America will be a more open and tolerant – in short, more liberal – one. But in a fierce, tightly-argued online op-ed, Atlantic editor Peter Beinart raises the question of whether this decline in traditional religiosity might be,... Read more

Atheism

Modeling Religion Project

Modeling Religion Project

2017-08-10T22:47:45-04:00

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A computer model of atheism?

Last updated on: August 10, 2017 at 10:47 pm By Connor Wood

Will secularism continue to grow? Computer models suggest that the answer worldwide is "not really." Read more

modeling religion project

2017-02-24T13:58:27-05:00

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Want to study the science of religion? Start with this MOOC

Last updated on: February 24, 2017 at 1:58 pm By Connor Wood

A science of religion would help us understand some baffling things. Why do otherwise normal people spend thousands of dollars to flock from halfway around the world to Mecca? What’s with all the fasting and ritual? Why do people people pray to invisible personalities? None of these questions is simple, but a growing community of researchers from diverse disciplines is buckling down to try to answer them – scientifically. From cognitive science to social psychology to evolutionary modeling, the tools... Read more

Evolution of Religion

cognitive science of religion

bio-cultural

scientific approaches to religion

Shariff

Slingerland

2017-02-14T14:33:09-05:00

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Why colleges need (a few) more conservative professors

Last updated on: February 14, 2017 at 2:33 pm By Connor Wood

Liberals can teach students about the bad side of hierarchy – oppression. Conservatives can teach about its good side – leadership. Colleges need both. Read more

Ideology and religion

social justice warriors

2017-02-04T10:44:35-05:00

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Is college too liberal?

Last updated on: February 4, 2017 at 10:44 am By Connor Wood

A recent article in Boston Magazine argues that colleges are too liberal. This is true, and it's a problem – even though it's not professors' fault. Read more

Ideology and religion

2017-01-14T12:28:24-05:00

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Trump shows why Rationalia would fail

Last updated on: January 14, 2017 at 12:28 pm By Connor Wood

Some think we should live in Rationalia. But Donald Trump shows us what a world with no unquestionable or sacred values would look like. Read more

Atheism