Religion for Breakfast
Using Computer Models to Study Religion? (feat. Dr. Connor Wood)
How can computer models help in the academic study of religion? Today I sit down with Dr. Connor Wood with the Institute for the Bio-Cultural Study of Religion to find out.
Religion for Breakfast
Computer Modeling Religious Violence
This is the 2nd part of my interview with Dr. Connor Wood talking about the Modeling Religion Project.
After Skool
War On DRUGS or A War On the MIND? Part 2
When scientific study and ancient ritual point toward psychedelics as a tool for healing and awakening, why are these age-old plants regarded as harmful? In this ground-breaking original series, experts explore the history and use of...
Religion for Breakfast
Animism: The First Religion?
Anthropologists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries hypothesized that animism was the earliest religion. But later scholars have called this theory into question. What is animism? And how should we categorize it? This video was...
After Skool
War On DRUGS or A War On the MIND? Part 1
When scientific study and ancient ritual point toward psychedelics as a tool for healing and awakening, why are these age-old plants regarded as harmful? In this ground-breaking original series, experts explore the history and use of...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Bridging World History: Early Belief Systems
This unit explores how humans seem to naturally be drawn to supernatural beliefs and how those religious beliefs aid in forming and sometimes defining many cultures.