The Mind, Society and Religion in the Biblical World sponsors two sessions in the SBL Annual Meeting, Atlanta, 2015, both taking place on Sun 22 Nov: (1) a general session of four papers, and (2) an invited session on Cooperation, Manipulation, and Violence: Evolutionary Perspectives on Ancient Texts. Note also on Sat 21 Nov the AAR session with primatologist Frans de Waal on Morality Without Religion: Empathy, Fairness, and Prosocial Primates.

See the detailed program under “sessions” on this website.