Many people believe in God even though that belief is unverifiable by the methods used to test scientific ideas or concepts.
Why?
In the three-part lecture series at Vanderbilt University, “The Causes of Religion,” renowned anthropologist Dan Sperber will address this question.
Sperber, a center director at the Jean Nicod Institute at the Centre de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris, will deliver the 2007-2008 Templeton Research Lectures at Vanderbilt University at 4:10 p.m. on April 7, 8 and 10 in the Moore Room at Vanderbilt Law School, 131 21st Ave. S. A reception will follow each lecture. In addition, the lectures will be streamed live at VUCast, the website of Vanderbilt News Service, at www.vanderbilt.edu/news/.
The Templeton Research Lectures at Vanderbilt University are funded by a grant from the Metanexus Institute and hosted at Vanderbilt by the Center for the Study of Religion and Culture.
All three lectures are free and open to the public.
The April 7 lecture is “Asking the Right Questions.” On April 8, Sperber will speak on “Beliefs and Values.” The final installment on April 10 is “Rituals and Institutions.”
The Center for the Study of Religion and Culture at Vanderbilt engages interdisciplinary scholarship to create new knowledge and a rich understanding of religion and culture.
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