Patterns of schism : Phylogenetic modeling of religions

CIGÁN, Jakub. Patterns of schism : Phylogenetic modeling of religions. In 14th ISORECEA conference: Religion on the Periphery. 2021.

Basic information

Original name

Patterns of schism : Phylogenetic modeling of religions

Authors

CIGÁN, Jakub

Edition

14th ISORECEA conference: Religion on the Periphery, 2021

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Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Field of Study

60304 Religious studies

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

Keywords (in Czech)

světová náboženství; globální náboženství; schizma; fylogenetický model; sekta

Keywords in English

world religions; global religions; schism; phylognetic model; sect;

Tags

International impact, Reviewed

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Abstract

V originále

The topic of schisms and sects is a traditional area of interest and systematic theorizing of sociologists of religion, at least since Weber and Troeltsch. Traditionally, sociology of religion concerns the relationships and connections between social and historical conditions that shift societies from local integrated communities into modern large-scale industrial bureaucratic structures and changes social forms of religious groups. However, there are no large datasets and appropriate models in the sociology of religion, allowing the scholars to asses similarities and diversities of religious fragmentation across different religious traditions and under divergent social and historical conditions. The presented project aims on analyzing patterns of schism of five global religions (Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism) based on computational methods developed in biology and resulted in phylogenetic models to assess similarities and differences in fragmentations and unifications under different social and historical conditions connected to state ideology, ethics, or economic system. The main goal of the talk is to evaluate and discuss the contribution and new insights into the systematic approaches from natural sciences for the study of religious schisms.