Department for the Study of Religions

Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University

Connecting the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences in the study of religious traditions and their general conditions

We educate

"Religious Studies taught me above all to think critically — to look up sources, not to accept everything as given fact, but to ask questions and investigate."

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We experiment

We study religious behavior in collaboration with the natural and social sciences.

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We organize lectures, workshops and conferences

We invite leading experts on both classic and new topics to Brno.

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We map

We model religious behavior
in space and time. We strive to see connections —
the individual within the whole.

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From the Research and Deparment

LEVYNA

9 Dec 2022

Ritualization reduces anxiety

Martin Lang and Radim Chvaja published a chapter discussing the relationship between ritual and anxiety in The Routledge Handbook of Evolutionary Approaches to Religion.

LEVYNA

8 Dec 2022

Ritualization reduces anxiety

Martin Lang, Jan Krátký, and Dimitris Xygalatas published a paper on ritualization and anxiety reduction in Scientific Reports.

LEVYNA

7 Dec 2022

Rituals and moral norm objectivization

Radim Chvaja, Jan Horský, Martin Lang, and Radek Kundt published a study on ritual and objectivity of moral norms in The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion.

From the Study

LEVYNAPhD

4 Oct 2018

Department for the Study of Religions

We educate

We experiment

We organize lectures, workshops and conferences

We map

From the Research and Deparment

Ritualization reduces anxiety

Ritualization reduces anxiety

Rituals and moral norm objectivization

From the Study

Peter Maňo received John McGraw Award for Best Student Contribution at IACSR 2018