Ryan Lemasters
Biographic Data
| ID | 1219854 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ryan Lemasters |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ryan |
| FAMILY NAME | Lemasters |
| SIGNATURE | LEMASTERS R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Kansas |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7698-9319 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Interreligious attentiveness
This paper argues for a revised approach to religious literacy that I call the interreligious attentiveness (IA) approach. I argue that this approach is better than those endorsed by other scholars in the academic study of religion – namely, knowledge, analysis, and skills approaches. I draw attention to the limitations of these approaches by virtue of three challenges: conversion (exclusivist groups), multiple religious belonging, and motivation…
Religious Transhumanism as a New Religious Movement
This essay proposes a new model for understanding religious transhumanism by extending existing frameworks that have been useful for predicting the success of new religious movements (NRMs). This paper focuses on the Mormon Transhumanist Association as a case of religious transhumanism that is incongruent with existing models of NRMs, thereby highlighting the limitations of these models. First, I demonstrate how the Morman Transhumanist Associati…
An Introduction to the Cognitive Science of Religion
Religious Transhumanism as a New Religious Movement
This essay proposes a new model for understanding religious transhumanism by extending existing frameworks that have been useful for predicting the success of new religious movements (NRMs). This paper focuses on the Mormon Transhumanist Association as a case of religious transhumanism that is incongruent with existing models of NRMs, thereby highlighting the limitations of these models. First, I demonstrate how the Morman Transhumanist Associati…
An Introduction to the Cognitive Science of Religion
Religious Transhumanism as a New Religious Movement
This essay proposes a new model for understanding religious transhumanism by extending existing frameworks that have been useful for predicting the success of new religious movements (NRMs). This paper focuses on the Mormon Transhumanist Association as a case of religious transhumanism that is incongruent with existing models of NRMs, thereby highlighting the limitations of these models. First, I demonstrate how the Morman Transhumanist Associati…
Interreligious attentiveness
This paper argues for a revised approach to religious literacy that I call the interreligious attentiveness (IA) approach. I argue that this approach is better than those endorsed by other scholars in the academic study of religion – namely, knowledge, analysis, and skills approaches. I draw attention to the limitations of these approaches by virtue of three challenges: conversion (exclusivist groups), multiple religious belonging, and motivation…
Epistemology (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Study and Philosophy of Religion (2 works) · Biology (1 work) · Cognition (1 work) · Cognitive psychology (1 work) · Cognitive science (1 work) · Cognitive science of religion (1 work) · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (1 work) · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (1 work)