Welcome

[Developing Belief Network]

This is a public Google Group for the Developing Belief Network, an international network of social scientists examining the development and diversity of religious cognition and behavior and studying variation in the acquisition and transmission of religious beliefs and practices. 

Funded by The John Templeton Foundation, and representing a collaboration between the University of California, Riverside, Boston University, and Databrary, this research network builds on the principles of open and collaborative science and will take an international, cross-cultural, multi-method approach. The aim of our research network is to explore the development and diversity of religious cognition by using cutting-edge mixed-methods to conduct theoretically motivated, cross-cultural comparisons.

We envision this Google Group as a place for members of the network to come together with our colleagues in psychology, cognitive science, anthropology, religious studies, and scholars in other fields, as well as members of the general public, to discuss topics related to child development, religious cognition, spiritual experience, and cultural comparison. We look forward to many interesting conversations!