Three evolutionary radiations shaped the evolution of global
religious diversity

J 2025

Three evolutionary radiations shaped the evolution of global religious diversity

EJOVA, Anastasia; Oliver SHEEHAN; Remco BOUCKAERT; Simon J. GREENHILL; Jan KRÁTKÝ et al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Three evolutionary radiations shaped the evolution of global religious diversity

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Vydání

Evolutionary Human Sciences, Cambridge, CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, 2025, 2513-843X

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Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

60304 Religious studies

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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URL, URL

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Impact factor: 2.300 v roce 2024

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Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14210/25:00142969

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

Religion; Denominations; Diversification; Reformation; Computational phylogenetic modelling

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rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 20. 3. 2026 08:15, Mgr. et Mgr. Stanislav Hasil, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

Religious diversity has had profound consequences in human history, but the dynamics of how it evolves remain unclear. One unresolved question is the extent to which religious denominations accumulate gradually or are generated in rapid bursts associated with specific historical events. Anecdotal evidence tends to favour the second view, but quantitative evidence on a global scale is lacking. Phylogenetic methods that treat religious denominations as evolving lineages can help to resolve this question. Here we apply computational phylogenetic methods to a purpose-built data set documenting 291 religious denominations and their genealogical relationships to derive dated phylogenies of three families of world religions - Indo-Iranian, Islamic, and Judeo-Christian. We model the birth of new denominations along the branches of these phylogenies, test for shifts in the birth rate, and draw tentative links between the shifts we find and religious history. We find evidence for birth rate shifts in the Islamic and Judeo-Christian families, corresponding to at least three separate events that have shaped global religious diversity.

Návaznosti

CZ.02.01.01/00/22_008/0004595, interní kód MU

Název: Za hranice bezpečnosti: role konfliktu v posilování odolnosti

Investor: Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy ČR, Za hranice bezpečnosti: role konfliktu v posilování odolnosti, Priorita 1 - Výzkum a vývoj

EH22_008/0004595, projekt VaV

Název: Za hranice bezpečnosti: role konfliktu v posilování odolnosti

MUNI/A/1339/2023, interní kód MU

Název: Rozumění rituálu v komparativní perspektivě: kombinace terénního a databázového výzkumu

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Rozumění rituálu v komparativní perspektivě: kombinace terénního a databázového výzkumu

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three-evolutionary-radiations-shaped-the-evolution-of-global-religious-diversity.pdf

Citovat

EJOVA, Anastasia; Oliver SHEEHAN; Remco BOUCKAERT; Simon J. GREENHILL; Jan KRÁTKÝ; Silvie KOTHEROVÁ; Jakub CIGÁN; Eva KUNDTOVÁ KLOCOVÁ; Radek KUNDT; Joseph WATTS; Joseph BULBULIA; Quentin D. ATKINSON a Russell D. GRAY. Three evolutionary radiations shaped the evolution of global religious diversity. Evolutionary Human Sciences. Cambridge: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, 2025, roč. 7, č. 1, s. 1-14. ISSN 2513-843X. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1017/ehs.2025.10027.

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EJOVA, Anastasia; Oliver SHEEHAN; Remco BOUCKAERT; Simon J. GREENHILL; Jan KRÁTKÝ; Silvie KOTHEROVÁ; Jakub CIGÁN; Eva KUNDTOVÁ KLOCOVÁ; Radek KUNDT; Joseph WATTS; Joseph BULBULIA; Quentin D. ATKINSON a Russell D. GRAY. Three evolutionary radiations shaped the evolution of global religious diversity. \textit{Evolutionary Human Sciences}. Cambridge: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, 2025, roč.~7, č.~1, s.~1-14. ISSN~2513-843X. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1017/ehs.2025.10027.

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