Religious freedom and persecution topics of MVNU lecture
March 23, 2010
MOUNT VERNON, Ohio -- Dr. Roger Finke, a sociologist from Penn State, will speak at Mount Vernon Nazarene University on “Religious Persecution and Violence: The Price of Religious Freedoms Denied” on Tuesday, March 23, in Thorne Performance Hall at 7:30 p.m.
This event is free and open to the public as the next installment in the 2009-10 Lecture/Artist Series.
As a professor of sociology and religious studies, Finke often speaks about the religious shape of the United States and the world, and some of the trends involving people and the direction of their spirituality. He has co-authored, along with Rodney Stark, “The Churching of America, 1776-1990: Winners and Losers in our Religious Economy” and “Acts of Faith: Explaining the Human Side of Religion,” which received the 2001 Book Award from the American Sociological Association's Sociology of Religion Section.
"Several of my current research projects are looking at cross-national variation in religious regulation, persecution and violence,” Finke explained. “But I remain interested and involved in studying religious organizations and the diverse religious market in America.”
He holds a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Washington and has been published in numerous academic publications, including the American Sociological Review and The Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. Finke serves as the director of the Association of Religion Data Archives and president of the Association of the Study of Religion, Economics, and Culture. He is also a fellow of the Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion and senior research fellow at the Mecatus/George Mason University Consortium for the Economic Study of Religion.
For more information about this event or the Lecture/Artist Series, call (740) 397-9000, ext. 4341, or visit www.mvnu.edu/lectureartist.
Mount Vernon Nazarene University is a private, four-year, intentionally Christian teaching university for traditional age students, graduate students and working adults. U.S. News & World Report ranks MVNU in the top 50 Best in the Midwest (Baccalaureate) institutions for the fifth year in a row. With a 400-acre main campus in Mount Vernon, Ohio, and eight additional satellite Adult and Graduate Studies sites throughout the state, MVNU emphasizes academic excellence, spiritual growth and service to community and church. MVNU offers an affordable education to more than 2,500 students from 25 states and six countries/U.S. territories.
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