Department for the Study of Religions

7 Jun 2022

"Cognitive" science of religion?

In the Journal for the Cognitive Science of Religion, Eva Kundtová Klocová published a commentary on Claire White’s book An introduction to the cognitive science of religion.

14 Apr 2022

The Evolution of Religion and Morality

Coedited by Martin Lang, Benjamin Purzycki, Joseph Henrich, and Ara Norenzayan, and featuring LEVYNA researchers, Religion, Brain & Behavior published a double issue reporting results of the second wave of The Evolution of Religion and Morality Project.

24 Mar 2022

Why do people perform rituals?

Together with a colleague from University of Connecticut, Peter Maňo published an article on ritual exegesis of Mauritian Hindus in the journal Religion.

Přijímací řízení do bakalářského studijního programu Religionistika v roce 2022

17 Dec 2021

Tereza Menšíková received the IGA grant

17 Dec 2021

Jana Nenadalová received the IGA grant for a second time

The Masaryk University Internal Grant Agency will fund her project Sensing the Darkness: Field research of Dark therapy.

14 Dec 2021

David Zbíral received the MUNI Scientist 2021 award

26 Nov 2021

New paper about the spread of the cult of Asclepius in the Roman Empire by Tomas Glomb

Congratulation to Tomas Glomb, who is now situated at the University of Bergen as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellow, for his recently published paper! His case study affiliated with his Bergen ASCNET project focused on the correlation of physicians' inscriptions and the spatial distribution of Asclepius worship in the Roman Empire.