30 Mar 2023 Jan Horský defended his dissertation thesis In his thesis, titled “Wu-Tang Is for the Children”: The Cultural Transmission of Moral Norms Through Narrative, he studied the cultural transmission of moral norms, focusing on American rap music.
9 Dec 2022 Ritualization reduces anxiety Martin Lang and Radim Chvaja published a chapter discussing the relationship between ritual and anxiety in The Routledge Handbook of Evolutionary Approaches to Religion.
8 Dec 2022 Ritualization reduces anxiety Martin Lang, Jan Krátký, and Dimitris Xygalatas published a paper on ritualization and anxiety reduction in Scientific Reports.
7 Dec 2022 Rituals and moral norm objectivization Radim Chvaja, Jan Horský, Martin Lang, and Radek Kundt published a study on ritual and objectivity of moral norms in The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion.
20 Oct 2022 What do nonbelievers believe in? In a paper published in the journal Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, Eva Kundtová Klocová and Dan Řezníček collaborated with an international research team lead by Valerie van Mulukom to study worldviews of nonbelievers.
18 Oct 2022 What motivates ritual participation? In the journal Slovak Ethnology, Peter Maňo and Dimitris Xygalatas published an article focused on the motivations to partake in rituals.
18 Oct 2022 LEVYNA has a new director Martin Lang took on the role of LEVYNA’s director after Radek Kundt.
13 Oct 2022 Rap music and moral norms Jan Horský published an article on the role of narrative art in the transmission of moral norms in the Journal of Cognition and Culture.