I first began to explore links between childhood and religion in 1992.  I worked on the project intermittently till 1997; since then, the project has been my primary intellectual focus.

Until 2002, I focused almost exclusively on Christianity. I studied Christian texts; the history of childhood from Roman times to the present in the lands of (or which later became) Christendom; and a range of psychological and social mechanisms. Since 2003, I have increasingly paid attention to other religions and myths, including those both cognate (Islam, Judaism) and non-cognate (Hinduism, Buddhism, Greek myth) with Christianity.

In 2005, I began privately circulating summaries and selections of my work to scholars in biblical studies, religious studies, psychology, psychiatry, history, and classics.

Starting in 2006, I began presenting at academic conferences across a range of relevant disciplines. To date, I have presented to the following conferences:

Society of Biblical Literature
     Nov., 2006, Washington, DC, two papers
     Nov., 2007, San Diego, session respondent

American Historical Association
     Jan., 2007, Atlanta; session organizer and presenter

Human Behavior and Evolution Society
     May, 2007, Williamsburg, Virginia

Society for the History of Children and Youth
     June, 2007, Norrkoping, Sweden

Center for Inquiry (public lecture)
     February, 2008, Amherst, New York

International Psychohistorical Association
     June, 2008, New York City

Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (scheduled)
     October, 2008, Louisville, Kentucky