Statistical Dynamics of Religions and Adherents

author:Marcel Ausloos, Group for Research and Applications of Physics in Economy and Sociology, SUPRATECS, University of Liège
published: Dec. 14, 2007, recorded: October 2007, views: 103

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0:00	Statistical Dynamics of Religions and Adherents
1:57	Table of Contents (1/2)
5:02	Table of Contents (2/2)
5:24	Modelling the dynamics of language death (*)
6:50	Verhulst
7:22	Reaction diffusion flow
8:10	# of languages vs. # of speakers
8:54	Linguistophysics
9:58	Definitions (1/2)
11:15	Definitions (2/2)
12:28	Indicators
14:47	Evolutionary view
15:47	Religiophysics
15:50	Languages vs. Religions
21:49	c
21:52	Clovis ca. 466-(486)-27 Nov., 511
21:58	Spontaneous conversions:Khazars and Karaims
22:18	Forced conversion
22:26	Forced conversion :Jews and Muslims in Iberia
22:28	Forced conversion :Jews and others in Arab countries
22:31	Discrimination :Zoroastrians
22:43	Cathars, Albigensian Crusade
22:57	d’Egmont et de HornesJune
23:04	St Bartholomew massacreAug 24, 1572
23:18	Robert Cardinal Bellarmine (1542-1621)
23:26	Galileo Galilei 15 February 1564 –(1633) -08 January 1642
23:32	Giordano Bruno1548 -Feb. 17, 1600
23:41	Top ten martyrs
24:08	Martyr tree
24:32	Atheists
24:34	Spatial &/or Time scales!!!
25:56	Competition
25:59	Culte antoiniste
26:02	Père Antoine
26:25	Recent Religious Movements: “seed” and “soil” effects
26:45	Data ?
27:54	WCE-WCT
27:57	BEL - part 1
28:01	BEL - part 2
28:34	BEL - part 3
28:40	BEL - part 2
30:00	BEL - part 3
30:52	Religious Pie
30:59	Top ten denominations in …
31:01	Top ten people in …
31:03	Least evangelized
31:04	P. Distribution(s) F.
32:38	Zipf mode (WCE)
32:40	Slope of tail distribution
32:41	Zipf mode (IDB)
32:43	Z
32:51	Cults/Sects FR/Wld
32:53	Progress 7 -1
32:54	P. Distribution (time)
34:25	Model
34:58	Avrami Eq.
35:25	Avrami solution
35:35	Evolution(s)Avrami-Kolmogorov Eq.
36:09	4 Asian cases
36:12	4 Christians (1)
36:19	4 Christians (2)
36:22	4 growing cases
36:27	Languages vs.Religions
36:29	What else ?

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Description

We argue that religion is another degree of freedom to describe a population on an evolving network. We present a comprehensive analysis of 55+2 so called religion evolutions, as measured through their number of adherents. The Avrami-Kolmogorov differential equation which usually describes solid state transformations is used in each case in order to obtain the preferential attachment parameter introduced previously [1]. It is often found close to unity, indicating a smooth evolution. However large values suggest the occurrence of extreme cases which we conjecture are controlled by so called external fields. A few cases indicate the likeliness of a detachment process. Various cases are illustrated. It seems that religion is an as exciting, and even more physically interesting statistical physics subject than language [2] due to the presence of external fields and various time scales. Hamiltonian and Langevinian like description will be suggested. [1] M. Ausloos and F. Petroni, Statistical Dynamics of Religions and Adherents, Europhys. Lett.77 (2007) 38002 (4 pp); [2] D.M. Abrams, S.H. Strogatz, Modelling the dynamics of language death. Nature 424 (2003) 900 (3 col).