Wednesday12Apr 2017

Author Meets Critics "Alternative Sociologies of Religion: Through Non-Western Eyes"

Wednesday, April 12, 2017 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. PST
2017-04-12 19:00 2017-04-12 21:00 America/Los_Angeles Author Meets Critics "Alternative Sociologies of Religion: Through Non-Western Eyes" Go to event listing for more details: https://events.chapman.edu/30746 AF 201 Argyros Forum 201 - Charles and Nora Hester Faculty Senate Boardroom Dr. Tekle Woldemikael woldemik@chapman.edu

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AF 201

Argyros Forum 201 - Charles and Nora Hester Faculty Senate Boardroom

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Dr. Jim Spickard, Professor of Sociology at University of Redlands, will be joining us for an Author Meets Critics Forum, Wednesday, April 12, 2017.  

The event will take place at Argyros Forum 201 from 7:00-9:00 pm.  

The focus will be on Dr. Spickard's new book, “Alternative Sociologies of Religion: Through Non-Western Eyes,” which is being published by New York University Press in February 2017.   Dr. Larry Iannaccone, Director of the Institute for the Study of Religion, Economics, and Society and Professor of Economics, and Dr. Tekle Woldemikael, Professor, Department of Sociology, will be the critics.  
 
This forum will provide Dr. Spickard & Dr. Iannaccone with an opportunity for a face-to-face conversation by using the book as a text for discussion and exploration. The event will be intellectually stimulating and provide riveting dialog between two seasoned scholars. They are both passionate about the sociology of religion, however they approach the subject from two contrasting perspectives. Dr. Iannaccone embraces a rational theory approach to Religion, while Dr. Spickard approaches it from more a cultural and a comparative approach.  

Dr. Jim Spickard is Professor of Sociology at the University of Redlands, where he offers courses on social theory, social research methods, the sociology of religion, homelessness, social inequality, and visual ethnography.  He has published widely on religion in contemporary society, human rights, social research methods, social theory, and the social foundations of ethics.  He has written or edited six books, most recently Alternative Sociologies of Religion and a textbook on research design.  He is working on a book on religion’s future in the contemporary world.

Dr. Laurence R. Iannaccone is a Professor of Economics and Director of IRES. He is also the President of the Association for the Study of Religion, Economics, and Culture (ASREC).  In more than fifty publications, Dr. Iannaccone has applied economic insights to study denominational growth, church attendance, religious giving, conversion, extremism, international trends, and many other aspects of religion and spirituality. His articles have appeared in numerous academic journals, including American Economic Review, Journal of Political EconomyAmerican Journal of Sociology, and Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. He is currently writing two books on the economics of religion.

Dr. Tekle Woldemikael has taught at various Universities and Colleges including Redlands University, where he was the Chair of Sociology and Anthropology, Hamilton College, where he was the Chair of Africana Studies, University of Hartford and University of Gezira in the Sudan.  His research interest involves studying immigrants and refugees, racial identity, ethnicity and nationalism, language and public policy.  He is an author of book, Becoming Black American: Haitians and American Institutions in Evanston, Illinois.  He co-edited a special issue of The American Sociologist on "Racial Diversity in Becoming a Sociologist."  His articles have appeared in numerous journals and edited books.  He is working on a book titled, The Invention of Eritrean National Identity. He teaches Social Theory, Integrative Seminar, Race and Ethnic Relations, and African Society. 
 

You can contact the event organizer, Dr. Tekle Woldemikael at woldemik@chapman.edu or (714) 744-7840.

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