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My current research explores the enduring psychological connections between religion, nonreligion, and the capacity for imagination. While the theoretical aspects of this relationship are wont, empirical investigation is lacking. Rather than assume religious and nonreligious representations exist as psychologically distinct phenomena within the imagination, I’m utilizing the most current evolutionary thinking and cognitive science to test this assumption. Therefore, my approach breaks down the cultural dichotomies that exist between things typically deemed religious (e.g., Jesus, prayer, synagogue attendance) and nonreligious (e.g., Harry Potter, Cosplay, video gaming). Moreover, my research will uncover how proximal or distal the psychological consequences of engagement with a wide range of imaginative agents and worlds are from each other.
Education/Academic qualification
MSc, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
External positions
Graduate Student Co-Representative , American Psychological Association Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality Division 36
2015 → 2018Managing Editor, The Religious Studies Project
2015 → …Keywords
- BF Psychology
- psychology of religion
- cognitive science
- cognitive science of religion
- BL Religion
- nonreligion
- atheism
- nonbelief
- B Philosophy (General)
- pragmatism
- philosophy of mind
- HM Sociology
- secularization
- GN Anthropology
- cognitive anthropology
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Research Output
Predicting age of atheism: credibility enhancing displays and religious importance, choice, and conflict in family of upbringing
Langston, J., Speed, D. & Coleman III, T. J., 2 Jan 2020, In : Religion, Brain & Behavior. 10, 1, p. 49-67 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Atheists on the Santiago way
Farias, M., Coleman III, T. J., Bartlett, J. E., Oviedo, L., Soares, P., Santos, T. & del Carmen Bas, M., 2019, In : Sociology of Religion. 80, 1, p. 28–44 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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6
Citations
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New Cognitive and Cultural Evolutionary Perspectives on Atheism
Coleman III, T., Messick, K. & van Mulukom, V., 2019, (Submitted) Routledge Handbook for the Evolution of Religion. RoutledgeResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Researcher Degrees of Freedom in the Psychology of Religion
Charles, S. J., Bartlett, J. E., Messick, K., Coleman III, T. & Uzdavines, A., 2019, In : The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion. 29, 4, p. 230-245 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
An Introduction to Atheism, Agnosticism, & Non-Religious Worldviews
Coleman III, T. J., Hood, R. W. & Streib, H., Aug 2018, In : Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. 10, 3, p. 203-206 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
Open Access
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6
Citations
(Scopus)
48
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Activities
- 3 Editorial activity
Secular Studies (Journal)
Tommy Coleman III (Associate Editor)Apr 2018 → …
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
The Religious Studies Project (Publisher)
Tommy Coleman III (Editor)2015 → …
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
Secularism and Nonreligion (Journal)
Tommy Coleman III (Associate Editor)2014 → …
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity