The Existential Security Thesis of Religion

03/13/2016 - 13:30
03/13/2016 - 15:30

 

The Existential Security Thesis of Religion

 

Sunday, March 13, 1:30 pm
Penrose Library, 20 N. Cascade Ave, Aspen Room

Free, open to the public.


 Explore how economic growth leads to a reduction of religious practice and believe.   Be prepared for a serious academic presentation, based on work by Harvard and University of Michigan social scientists.

 

Presented by Joseph Langston, BS, BA, MA, a former college lecturer in the sociology of religion and a published social science researcher (e.g. Interdisciplinary Journal for Research on Religion; Science, Religion, and Culture).