# Introduction: Hacking Religion

## Who this book is for



## Why this book?



## The hacker way

1. Tell the truth

2. Do not deceive using beauty

3. Work transparently: research as open code using open data

4. Draw others in: produce reproducible research

5. Learn by doing


## Using the R programming language

Why R? 

Explain accelerated approach in this book, working from examples and providing exposure to concepts in a streamlined way, pointing to other resources

Point to other guides, 

## Other useful guides:

[R For Data Science 2e](https://r4ds.hadley.nz/)
[Intro to Cultural Analytics and Python](https://melaniewalsh.github.io/Intro-Cultural-Analytics/welcome.html)
[Data Science in a Box](https://datasciencebox.org/01-overview)