Dr. Ken Culton, Chair of the Department of Sociology at Niagara University, will discuss how sociologists have understood religion in the past and how that understanding has changed over time. He will present research on religion and the value of seeing religion from a sociological perspective. Findings from his 2022 paper, “Shifting Identifications Among Religious … Continue reading The Sociology of Religion: New Identities, New Meanings, New Values
Are we experiencing a great ‘pendulum swing’ as religious conservatives seem to be doubling down? Is this a reaction to the speed of social change? Is it possible for Unitarian Universalists to be a tempering influence? Is that desirable?
You don’t need to sleep all winter to awaken in the spring. john (lower case intentional) Snodgrass is a frequent and popular speaker at UU Amherst. An instructor in Religion at Canisius University, john is also a playwright and author of many books, the most recent being Shakespeare’s Goddess.
