responds to neighbors via pairwise interactions as well as via club goods effects. A simulation run is deemed fundamentalist if … reflecting the modern world. The simulations suggest that the rise of fundamentalism in the modern world is boosted by greater …

magnitude of costly sacrifices demanded of members. By varying the simulation parameters that control the distribution of …

club theory of religion. Analysis of the 2005 Baylor University Religion Survey reveals a bimodal distribution of religious … countries. The club theory of religion, when applied in a multi-agent model, generates bimodal distributions of religious …. This tendency towards religious polarization has important ramifications for majority rule electoral outcomes when religion …

this polarization contributes to an understanding of how economic development shapes the character of religion and sheds …