Department for the Study of Religions

Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University

25 Apr

CEDRR and LEVYNA guest lecture "Cognition and Rituals in the Cult of Mithras - A New Theoretical Approach"

4:00 PM

Dr. Blanka Misic from the University of Vienna, Austria (Institut für Klassische Archäologie), will deliver a lecture focusing on the topic of ritual practices and the range of religious experiences that occurred within Mithraic religious communities in the Roman Empire.

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.

TIP

16 Mar 2022

Přijímací řízení do bakalářského studijního programu Religionistika v roce 2022

17 Dec 2021

Tereza Menšíková received the IGA grant

The Masaryk University Internal Grant Agency will fund her project Challenging Marginalisation Online: The Case of Dalit Movement Network Through Blog and News Platforms.

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

19 Oct 2021

How to measure ritual attendance accurately?

Together with colleagues from Otago, Martin Lang published an article on the accuracy of methods for measuring ritual attendance in the PLoS ONE journal.