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John Shaver

Associate Professor

University of Otago

New Zealand

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John Shaver is an Associate Professor at the University of Otago in New Zealand. His research interests span the fields of religion, health, and behavioral ecology, as evidenced by his recent articles exploring the intersection of psychedelic substances and wellbeing, as well as the relationship between religious involvement and fertility. He is dedicated to advancing understanding within these domains through both empirical exploration and theoretical analysis.

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Victoria University of Wellington

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Making sense of the cognitive and evolutionary science of religion as an intensively multidisciplinary field

Uncoordinated, contradictory, yet cumulatively effective: how four critiques of the humanities study of religion inflict collateral damage on the scientific study of religion

Self-treatment with psychedelic substances for health and wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand: an exploratory descriptive study

Religion’s Hilbert problems, ten years later: progress, pitfalls, and new horizons

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Religious Involvement Is Associated With Higher Fertility and Lower Maternal Investment, but More Alloparental Support Among Gambian Mothers

Religion, Brain & Behavior adopts stricter transparency standards

The impact of market integration on arranged marriages in Matlab, Bangladesh

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Kiwi Diwali: a longitudinal investigation of perceived social connection following a civic religious ritual

Disentangling the relationships between religion and fertility

Faith and fertility in evolutionary perspective

Fertility and faith: insights from human behavioral ecology, evolutionary psychology, and life history theory

Food storage facilitates professional religious specialization in hunter–gatherer societies

Mother’s Partnership Status and Allomothering Networks in the United Kingdom and United States

A comparison of self-report, systematic observation and third-party judgments of church attendance in a rural Fijian Village

Social support, nutrition and health among women in rural Bangladesh: complex tradeoffs in allocare, kin proximity and support network size

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Joseph Bulbulia

Mary Shenk

Wesley J. Wildman

Susan Schaffnit

Joseph Watts

Richard Sosis

Andrew M Prentice

Ryan McKay

Rebecca Sear

Laure Spake

Rebekka Kesberg

Johannes Alfons Karl

Richard Egan

Abigail Page

Robert Ross

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