Entries by Constance Cummings

Systematic Methods for Analyzing Culture: A New Book Co-Authored by Jeffrey Snodgrass

CMB network member Jeff Snodgrass is co-author of a forthcoming book from Routledge (link to press information) on methods that will interest CMB scholars and researchers across the board: Systematic Methods for Analyzing Culture is a practical manual that provides step-by-step instruction for collecting and analyzing cultural data. This compact guide explains complex topics in straightforward […]

How God Becomes Real: A new book by Tanya Luhrmann

We’re excited to announce that CMB network member Tanya Luhrmann has a forthcoming book from Princeton University Press (link to press information). How do gods and spirits come to feel vividly real to people—as if they were standing right next to them? Humans tend to see supernatural agents everywhere, as the cognitive science of religion […]

Digital Social Connection and Immune Biology During COVID-19, NSF Grant

CMB member Jeffrey Snodgrass has been awarded an NSF to study “whether, when, and how social connections through the internet and other electronic means promote rather than compromise health at the level of immune biology during the current pandemic crisis.” From the August 7, 2020 announcement: The positive impacts of social connections on general health […]