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On Saturday, March 22, 2014 4:30-5:45 p.m.,
Dr. Christopher Bader
and
Dr. Laurence Iannaccone
will present
Does Clear Thinking Undercut Religious Commitment? New Findings on Science and Supernaturalism at
The
Association for the Study of Religion, Economics, and Culture
(ASREC) conference here at Chapman University.

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 a professor of Sociology and 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.

This conference is open to the public. More information about the conference.