ASREC will present two lectures during their annual conference promoting the interdisciplinary study of religion on March 21 and 22.


The
Association for the Study of Religion, Economics, and Culture
(ASREC) returns to Chapman for its thirteenth annual conference March 21-22, 2014. ASREC, along with Chapman’s
Institute for the Study of Religion, Economics, and Society
(IRES) held a successful conference at Chapman University in
2012
. This year, the program has expanded to include a public lecture on religion and science. This lecture, along with the keynote address by Dr. James Andreoni, will be open for the public to attend.

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Dr. James Andreoni
will give his keynote address,
Holier Than Thou? Social Motivations for Religious Giving,
on Friday, March 21 6:30-7:30pm in Argyros Forum 209. Dr. Andreoni shares insights from two new studies of charitable giving. The first highlights the positive impact of public reputation and social ties, while the second underscores the negative impact of ethnic and religious diversity. The first study tracked contributions across 1,600 Catholic households in Zagreb, Croatia – where donations were solicited at every Sunday mass for six years running, and actual individual contributions were publicly announced during the first two years, then publicly posted for the next two years, and then announced as cumulative totals in the last two years. The second study uses data from Canadian tax records to compare giving patterns across household and neighborhoods of varied education, income, ethnicities, and religions.

Professor Andreoni is a world-renowned economist, known especially for his influential work on charity, altruism, and moral conduct.  His research blends mathematical modeling, statistical analysis, and experimental methods.

On Saturday March 22 4:30-5:45pm,
Dr. Christopher Bader
and
Dr. Laurence Iannaccone
will present
Does Clear Thinking Undercut Religious Commitment? New Findings on Science and Supernaturalism
. Scholars have written about “conflict” between religion and science for hundreds of years, and many have forecast that the growth of science must steadily erode all forms of supernaturalism. But what do the data really tell us?  Join us as we examine results from new surveys, that carefully compare people’s religious beliefs, scientific knowledge, and verbal, mathematical, and logical reasoning skills. Our results for college students and the general public contain many surprises, including new insights about beliefs concerning evolution.

Chris Bader is the author of
America’s Four Gods,

Paranormal America
, and numerous articles, and the Associate Director of the
Association of Religion Data Archives
. Laurence Iannaccone is President of ASREC and Director of Chapman’s Institute for the Study of Religion, Economics, and Society. His research includes studies of denominational growth and decline, international religious trends, church-state relations, and the determinants of religion extremism, conversion, attendance, and contributions.

In addition to these two exciting lectures, ASREC will present the most current research on topics such as economics of religious groups and organizations and religious influences on culture. Registration is required to attend the
full conference
. For more information regarding the conference, or to register for the conference, please visit
the Arda website
.

Questions regarding this event can be directed to Elizabeth Hofeldt at
hofeldt@chapman.edu
.