Modeling Religious Change (MRC) is an interdisciplinary, collaborative, multicultural, non-partisan research project generously funded by The John Templeton Foundation (JTF). MRC is a collaboration of the Center for Mind and Culture (CMAC), the Virginia Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation Center (VMASC), the Center for the Study of Global Christianity, New York University, and the Center for Modeling Social Systems.
MRC broadens existing social science methods for conceptualizing and measuring change in religious and nonreligious populations through computer modeling and simulation, and by utilizing multi-dimensional research methods to establish the merits of an integrative, big-theory approach to religious identity and change.
Our research approach reflects our commitment to non-partisanship. The MRC project does not represent, endorse, or promote any ideological, political, or spiritual practices or beliefs.