Modeling Religion: Simulating the Transformation of Worldviews, Lifeways, and Civilizations by Wildman, Wesley J.

Modeling Religion: Simulating the Transformation of Worldviews, Lifeways, and Civilizations (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781350367340)

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Modeling Religion: Simulating the Transformation of Worldviews, Lifeways, and Civilizations by Wildman, Wesley J.

Modeling Religion: Simulating the Transformation of Worldviews, Lifeways, and Civilizations

$39.95
Modeling Religion: Simulating the Transformation of Worldviews, Lifeways, and Civilizations by Wildman, Wesley J.

Modeling Religion: Simulating the Transformation of Worldviews, Lifeways, and Civilizations

$39.95
Format: Paperback
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What role has religion played in the major civilizational transformations associated with the Neolithic Revolution, the Axial Age, and Modernity? This book introduces new methodological tools and material insights for guiding conversations about these debates.

The authors introduce a new branch of computational humanities, using computational modeling to simulate civilizational transformations. They integrate multiple theories across many disciplines, including the scientific study of religion, and evaluate the relative importance of those causal theories in processes of civilizational change. Materially, the book sheds new light on major debates among historians, archaeologists, and other social theorists on the role of religion within these major transitions.

The book tackles the urgent question of what sort of civilizational transformations might be possible in a world where the influence and significance of religion continues to decline wherever technology, education, freedom, and cultural pluralism are most advanced.

Author: Wesley J. Wildman, F. Leron Shults
ISBN-10: 1350367346
ISBN-13: 9781350367340
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Language: English
Published: 01/22/2026
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d
By Wesley J. Wildman
By Wesley J. Wildman
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Wesley J. Wildman is Professor of Philosophy, Theology, and Ethics, and of Computing and Data Sciences at Boston University, USA; Professor II in the Institute for Global Development and Planning at the University of Agder, Norway; Executive Director of the Center for Mind and Culture in Boston; and Executive Director of Wildheart Evolution in Boston.

F. LeRon Shults is Professor in the Institute for Global Development and Planning at the University of Agder, Norway and Research Professor at the NORCE Center for Modeling Social Systems in Kristiansand, Norway.

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