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William Sims Bainbridge

January 01, 1970

For other people named William Bainbridge, see William Bainbridge (disambiguation).

William Sims Bainbridge (born October 12, 1940) is an American sociologist who currently resides in Virginia. He is co-director of Cyber-Human Systems at the National Science Foundation (NSF).[1] He is the first Senior Fellow to be appointed by the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. Bainbridge is most well known for his work on the sociology of religion. Recently[when?] he has published work studying the sociology of video gaming.

Award ceremony for William Sims Bainbridge held by the CITASA section of ASA. 2008 in Boston.

Career edit

Bainbridge began his academic career at the Choate Rosemary Hall preparatory school in his birthstate of Connecticut. He matriculated at Yale University and Oberlin College before settling on Boston University, where he received his B.A. in sociology in 1971. Initially, he studied music and became a skilled piano-tuner. In his free time, he constructed harpsichords and clavichords with the "Bainbridge" name, which still exist in a few households.

Bainbridge received his Ph.D. in sociology at Harvard University in 1975 and went on to study the sociology of religious cults. In 1976, he published his first book, The Spaceflight Revolution, which examined the push for space exploration in the 1960s. In 1978, he published his second and most popular[2] book, entitled Satan's Power, which described several years in which Bainbridge infiltrated and observed the Process Church, a religious cult whose founders had been members of Scientology.[3] The study was one of the last of this type of academic studies done before new rules were introduced restricting unregulated participatory observation and study.

After completing his doctorate, Bainbridge served as an assistant (1975-1980) and associate professor (1980-1982) of sociology at the University of Washington. During this period, he worked with departmental colleague Rodney Stark on the Stark-Bainbridge theory of religion.[4] Upon returning to Harvard as a visiting associate professor of sociology (1982-1987), he co-wrote the books The Future of Religion (1985) and A Theory of Religion (1987) with Stark. As of 2013, their theory, which aims to explain religious involvement in terms of rewards and compensators, is seen as a precursor of the more explicit recourse to economic principles in the study of religion later developed by Laurence Iannaccone and others.[5][6]

From this period until the 2000s Bainbridge published more books dealing with space, religion, and psychology. These included a text entitled Experiments in Psychology (1986), which included psychology experimentation software coded by Bainbridge.[1] He also studied the religious cult the Children of God, also known as the Family International, in his 2002 book The Endtime Family: Children of God.

Bainbridge has also taught at Illinois State University (professor of sociology and anthropology; 1987-1990) and Towson University (professor of sociology and anthropology & department chair; 1990-1992). He then joined the National Science Foundation as the director of its sociology program (1992-1999) before holding a series of positions that prefigured his current appointment in 2006.

Bibliography edit

Books authored by Bainbridge include:

  • Cultural Science: Applications of Artificial Social Intelligence (2020),
  • The Social Structure of Online Communities (2020),
  • Virtual Local Manufacturing Communities: Online Simulations of Future Workshop Systems (2019),
  • Family History Digital Libraries (2018),
  • Computer Simulation of Space Societies (2018),
  • Dynamic Secularization (2017),
  • Star Worlds: Freedom Versus Control in Online Gameworlds (2016),
  • The Meaning and Value of Spaceflight (2015),
  • An Information Technology Surrogate for Religion (2014),
  • Personality Capture and Emulation (2014),
  • eGods: Faith versus Fantasy in Computer Gaming (2013),
  • The Virtual Future (2011),
  • Online Multiplayer Games (2010),
  • The Warcraft Civilization: Social Science in a Virtual World (2010),
  • Nanoconvergence (2007),
  • The Secular Abyss (2007),
  • God from the Machine: Artificial Intelligence Models of Religious Cognition (2006),
  • The Endtime Family: Children of God (2002),
  • Sociology (1997),
  • The Sociology of Religious Movements (1997),
  • Religion, Deviance and Social Control (with Rodney Stark) (1996),
  • Social Research Methods and Statistics (1992),
  • Goals in Space: American Values and the Future of Technology (1991),
  • Survey Research: A Computer-Assisted Introduction (1989),
  • Sociology Laboratory (1987)
  • A Theory of Religion (with Rodney Stark) (1987) (OL 2375931M) (Reprinted in 1996 and translated into Polish as Teoria Religi in 2000)
  • Dimensions of Science Fiction (1986).
  • Experiments in Psychology (1986)
  • The Future of Religion (with Rodney Stark) (1985)
  • Satan's Power: A Deviant Psychotherapy Cult (1978).
  • The Spaceflight Revolution (1976).

In addition, The Future of Religion was reprinted in Chinese in 2006 and Satan's Power: A Deviant Psychotherapy Cult was translated into Italian in 1994.

Bainbridge's edited and co-edited books include:[7]

  • Handbook of Science and Technology Convergence (with Mihail C. Roco) (2016)
  • Convergence of Knowledge, Technology and Society (with Mihail C. Roco, Bruce Tonn, George Whitesides) (2013)
  • Leadership in Science and Technology (2012)
  • Progress in Convergence: Technologies for Human Wellbeing (with Mihail C. Roco) (2006)
  • Nanotechnology: Societal Implications—Maximizing Benefit for Humanity (with Mihail C. Roco) (2006)
  • Nanotechnology: Societal Implications—Individual Perspectives (with Mihail C. Roco) (2006)
  • Managing Nano-Bio-Info-Cogno Innovations: Converging Technologies in Society (with Mihail C. Roco) (2006)
  • Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction (2004)
  • Converging Technologies for Improving Human Performance (with Mihail C. Roco) (2003)
  • Societal Implications of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (with Mihail C. Roco) (2001).

In addition to his books, Bainbridge has published over 200 articles and essays in various journals and encyclopedias. From 2013, when he published eGods, his work has shifted towards the study of the sociology of video gaming, beginning with the publication of a new article (co-authored with his daughter Wilma Alice Bainbridge) on the potentially interesting aspects of glitches in video games. He has also studied "personality capture" in software, the process by which one may save one's personality in a computer through the answering of vast personality surveys.[1]

Awards and organizations edit

The Future of Religion won the "Outstanding Book of the Year" award from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion in 1986 and A Theory of Religion won the "Outstanding Scholarship" from the Pacific Sociological Association in 1993.[7]

Bainbridge is a founding member of the Order of Cosmic Engineers[8] and is distantly related to Commodore William Bainbridge.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Bainbridge bio at the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, accessed 5-III-2007.
  2. ^ Huaco, George A.; Bainbridge, William Sims (1979). "Satan's Power: A Deviant Psychotherapy Cult". Sociological Analysis. 40 (1): 79. doi:10.2307/3710500. JSTOR 3710500.
  3. ^ HUACO, George A., book review of Satan's Power: A Deviant Psychotherapy Cult by William Sims Bainbridge, Sociology of Religion, volume 40, no. 1, Spring 1979, pp. 79–80.
  4. ^ Stark, Rodney, entry at the Encyclopedia of Religion and Society, William H. Swatos, Jr., ed., AltaMira Press, 1998, online, accessed 5-III-2007.
  5. ^ Alan E. Aldridge (2000). Religion in the contemporary world: a sociological introduction. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 95–97. ISBN 978-0-7456-2083-1. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
  6. ^ David Lehman, Rational Choice and the Sociology of Religion, chapter 8 in Bryan S. Turner (ed.) The New Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Religion, John Wiley and Sons, 2010, ISBN 1-4051-8852-9
  7. ^ a b http://mysite.verizon.net/wsbainbridge/data/wsbcv.htm 2014-09-11 at the Wayback Machine Curriculum Vitae
  8. ^ . Archived from the original on 2009-02-09. Retrieved 2010-12-04.
  1. Bainbridge, William S. Curriculum Vitae 2014-09-11 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved October 12, 2006.

External links edit

  • Personal website[dead link] (, 2014)
  • Uploading Life: Send Your Personality to Space (Includes Bainbridge's work on spaceflight)
  • The Shape of Science Fiction as Perceived by the Fans (Study done in 1978 by William Bainbridge and Murray Dalziel)
  • Religion for a Galactic Civilization 2.0

January 01, 1970
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For other people named William Bainbridge see William Bainbridge disambiguation William Sims Bainbridge born October 12 1940 is an American sociologist who currently resides in Virginia He is co director of Cyber Human Systems at the National Science Foundation NSF 1 He is the first Senior Fellow to be appointed by the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies Bainbridge is most well known for his work on the sociology of religion Recently when he has published work studying the sociology of video gaming Award ceremony for William Sims Bainbridge held by the CITASA section of ASA 2008 in Boston Contents 1 Career 2 Bibliography 3 Awards and organizations 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksCareer editBainbridge began his academic career at the Choate Rosemary Hall preparatory school in his birthstate of Connecticut He matriculated at Yale University and Oberlin College before settling on Boston University where he received his B A in sociology in 1971 Initially he studied music and became a skilled piano tuner In his free time he constructed harpsichords and clavichords with the Bainbridge name which still exist in a few households Bainbridge received his Ph D in sociology at Harvard University in 1975 and went on to study the sociology of religious cults In 1976 he published his first book The Spaceflight Revolution which examined the push for space exploration in the 1960s In 1978 he published his second and most popular 2 book entitled Satan s Power which described several years in which Bainbridge infiltrated and observed the Process Church a religious cult whose founders had been members of Scientology 3 The study was one of the last of this type of academic studies done before new rules were introduced restricting unregulated participatory observation and study After completing his doctorate Bainbridge served as an assistant 1975 1980 and associate professor 1980 1982 of sociology at the University of Washington During this period he worked with departmental colleague Rodney Stark on the Stark Bainbridge theory of religion 4 Upon returning to Harvard as a visiting associate professor of sociology 1982 1987 he co wrote the books The Future of Religion 1985 and A Theory of Religion 1987 with Stark As of 2013 their theory which aims to explain religious involvement in terms of rewards and compensators is seen as a precursor of the more explicit recourse to economic principles in the study of religion later developed by Laurence Iannaccone and others 5 6 From this period until the 2000s Bainbridge published more books dealing with space religion and psychology These included a text entitled Experiments in Psychology 1986 which included psychology experimentation software coded by Bainbridge 1 He also studied the religious cult the Children of God also known as the Family International in his 2002 book The Endtime Family Children of God Bainbridge has also taught at Illinois State University professor of sociology and anthropology 1987 1990 and Towson University professor of sociology and anthropology amp department chair 1990 1992 He then joined the National Science Foundation as the director of its sociology program 1992 1999 before holding a series of positions that prefigured his current appointment in 2006 Bibliography editBooks authored by Bainbridge include Cultural Science Applications of Artificial Social Intelligence 2020 The Social Structure of Online Communities 2020 Virtual Local Manufacturing Communities Online Simulations of Future Workshop Systems 2019 Family History Digital Libraries 2018 Computer Simulation of Space Societies 2018 Dynamic Secularization 2017 Star Worlds Freedom Versus Control in Online Gameworlds 2016 The Meaning and Value of Spaceflight 2015 An Information Technology Surrogate for Religion 2014 Personality Capture and Emulation 2014 eGods Faith versus Fantasy in Computer Gaming 2013 The Virtual Future 2011 Online Multiplayer Games 2010 The Warcraft Civilization Social Science in a Virtual World 2010 Nanoconvergence 2007 The Secular Abyss 2007 God from the Machine Artificial Intelligence Models of Religious Cognition 2006 The Endtime Family Children of God 2002 Sociology 1997 The Sociology of Religious Movements 1997 Religion Deviance and Social Control with Rodney Stark 1996 Social Research Methods and Statistics 1992 Goals in Space American Values and the Future of Technology 1991 Survey Research A Computer Assisted Introduction 1989 Sociology Laboratory 1987 A Theory of Religion with Rodney Stark 1987 OL 2375931M Reprinted in 1996 and translated into Polish as Teoria Religi in 2000 Dimensions of Science Fiction 1986 Experiments in Psychology 1986 The Future of Religion with Rodney Stark 1985 Satan s Power A Deviant Psychotherapy Cult 1978 The Spaceflight Revolution 1976 In addition The Future of Religion was reprinted in Chinese in 2006 and Satan s Power A Deviant Psychotherapy Cult was translated into Italian in 1994 Bainbridge s edited and co edited books include 7 Handbook of Science and Technology Convergence with Mihail C Roco 2016 Convergence of Knowledge Technology and Society with Mihail C Roco Bruce Tonn George Whitesides 2013 Leadership in Science and Technology 2012 Progress in Convergence Technologies for Human Wellbeing with Mihail C Roco 2006 Nanotechnology Societal Implications Maximizing Benefit for Humanity with Mihail C Roco 2006 Nanotechnology Societal Implications Individual Perspectives with Mihail C Roco 2006 Managing Nano Bio Info Cogno Innovations Converging Technologies in Society with Mihail C Roco 2006 Encyclopedia of Human Computer Interaction 2004 Converging Technologies for Improving Human Performance with Mihail C Roco 2003 Societal Implications of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology with Mihail C Roco 2001 In addition to his books Bainbridge has published over 200 articles and essays in various journals and encyclopedias From 2013 when he published eGods his work has shifted towards the study of the sociology of video gaming beginning with the publication of a new article co authored with his daughter Wilma Alice Bainbridge on the potentially interesting aspects of glitches in video games He has also studied personality capture in software the process by which one may save one s personality in a computer through the answering of vast personality surveys 1 Awards and organizations editThe Future of Religion won the Outstanding Book of the Year award from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion in 1986 and A Theory of Religion won the Outstanding Scholarship from the Pacific Sociological Association in 1993 7 Bainbridge is a founding member of the Order of Cosmic Engineers 8 and is distantly related to Commodore William Bainbridge See also editRodney StarkReferences edit a b c Bainbridge bio at the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies accessed 5 III 2007 Huaco George A Bainbridge William Sims 1979 Satan s Power A Deviant Psychotherapy Cult Sociological Analysis 40 1 79 doi 10 2307 3710500 JSTOR 3710500 HUACO George A book review of Satan s Power A Deviant Psychotherapy Cult by William Sims Bainbridge Sociology of Religion volume 40 no 1 Spring 1979 pp 79 80 Stark Rodney entry at the Encyclopedia of Religion and Society William H Swatos Jr ed AltaMira Press 1998 online accessed 5 III 2007 Alan E Aldridge 2000 Religion in the contemporary world a sociological introduction Wiley Blackwell pp 95 97 ISBN 978 0 7456 2083 1 Retrieved 4 December 2010 David Lehman Rational Choice and the Sociology of Religion chapter 8 in Bryan S Turner ed The New Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Religion John Wiley and Sons 2010 ISBN 1 4051 8852 9 a b http mysite verizon net wsbainbridge data wsbcv htm Archived 2014 09 11 at the Wayback Machine Curriculum Vitae College of Architects Order of Cosmic Engineers Archived from the original on 2009 02 09 Retrieved 2010 12 04 Bainbridge William S Curriculum Vitae Archived 2014 09 11 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved October 12 2006 External links editPersonal website dead link latest archived version 2014 Uploading Life Send Your Personality to Space Includes Bainbridge s work on spaceflight The Shape of Science Fiction as Perceived by the Fans Study done in 1978 by William Bainbridge and Murray Dalziel Religion for a Galactic Civilization 2 0 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William Sims Bainbridge amp oldid 1171227830, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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