Content by 2013-2015 Sinai and Synapses Fellows (Page 3)
When To Be Intuitive, When To Be Analytical – Religion, Belief and Social Connections, Part 2
Jonathan Morgan and Connor Wood discuss their new research about religion, cognitive styles, and intuition.
Religion is Intuitive – Religion, Belief and Social Connections, Part 1
Jonathan Morgan and Connor Wood discuss their new research about religion, cognitive styles, and intuition.
Does Marching to the Same Rhythm Always Unite Us?
Sinai and Synapses Fellowship alum Connor Wood discusses new research that complicates the idea that synchrony in action always leads to synchrony in thought and spirit.
Breaking Our Patterns: Behavioral Economics and T’shuvah
Out of ease, comfort, or inertia, our lives are made up largely of patterns. How do we re-examine them so we can let our minds guide our hearts?
Spirits in the Material World
If humans have learned over eons that intercessory prayer doesn’t “work”, why do we keep doing it?
What Does It Mean for Religion If There Is Life on other Planets?
How would our religious perspective change if we discovered life on other planets?
Seeing God In The Solar Eclipse
I hold these things together: God indeed made the Sun and the Moon, and it pleases God to let us discover how it was done through the work of science.
How Do We Know What We Know?
Why are some sources of authority more alluring than others?
Does Science Need Its Own Rituals?
Does religion offer something special that science doesn’t?
A Computer Model of Atheism?
The Modeling Religion Project at the Center for Mind and Culture in Boston uses computer simulations to refine and compare theories of religion, cognition, and culture.
Is a Secular America a Worse America?
The United States in the 21st century is becoming more secular, but is this actually causing it to move in a progressive direction as many of us think?
Want to Study the Science of Religion? Start with this MOOC
If you’re curious about religion as a human phenomenon, this massive online-only course (MOOC) through the University of British Columbia will be a good opportunity to start learning.