Organized by Cultural Evolution of Religion Research Consortium (CERC, UBC) and the research project “Ritual and the Emergence of Early Christian Religion” (REECR, University of Helsinki)
Wednesday 26 Nov
Ritual and Morality in the Development of Early Christian Religion
9:30–10:00AM
Coffee
10:00–11:00AM
István Czachesz, University of Heidelberg, “Religious Experience, Ritual, and the Transmission of Religion”
11:00–12:00AM
Rikard Roitto, Stockholm School of Theology “Embodied Cognition, Spontaneous Exegesis and Cultural Evolution: Early Christian Baptism as an Example”
12:00–2:00PM
Lunch break
2:00–3:00PM
Anne Katrine Gudme, University of Copenhagen: “Marduk’s Basket and Treasures in Heaven: Ritual and Pro-Sociality in Early Judaism and Early Christianity”
3:00–4:00PM
Vojtěch Kaše, University of Helsinki, “Ritualization of Early Christian Meal Practices: From Social Cohesion to Supernatural Efficacy or Vice Versa?”
4:00–4:30PM
Coffee break
4:30–5:30PM
Risto Uro, University of Helsinki, “Ritual and Cooperation: Early Christian Ritual Life from the Perspective of Signaling Theory”
Thursday 27 Nov
The Database of Religious History: Promise and Challenges for Taking the Study of Religion into the Era of Big Data
9:30–10:00AM
Coffee
10:00-10:30 AM
Edward Slingerland, University of British Columbia, “The DRH: Design, Features and Uses”
10:30-11:00
Fred Tappenden, McGill University, “Digitising Historical Descriptions: Latium as a Case Study”
11:00-11:30
Brenton Sullivan, University of British Columbia, “The DRH and the Academic Study of Religion”
11:30-12:00
Joseph Bulbulia, Queen’s University Auckland, Respondent
12:00-2:00
Lunch
2:00-4:30
DRH hands-on session with workshop participants