Research about the relationship between religious involvement and personal and population health has burgeoned in recent years. But something is missing – even in the best of scholarly work, says Jeff Levin, Ph.D., University Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health Director in the Program on Religion and Population Health in Baylor University’s Institute for Studies [...]

For the past several centuries, Christians have not had to pay much attention to dialogue with other religions on their own soil. Historically, the only minorities they were likely to come into contact with were Jews, and we know how disastrously that encounter would become. Suddenly though, the growth of Muslim numbers in the West [...]

Click Here for Free Registration (Please note, you do not have to log in to Register) Monday, February 11, 2012 3:30 p.m. Kayser Auditorium  Darren T. Dochuk Associate Professor in the Humanities John C. Danforth Center on Religion & Politics Washington University in St. Louis This talk will reveal a hidden history of petroleum politics [...]

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE VIDEO OF THIS LECTURE Wednesday, April 3, 2013 7:00 p.m. Powell Chapel, Truett Seminary,  Baylor University Due to extraordinary demand, registration is now closed. A limited number of overflow seating for the event will be available in the Great Hall at Truett. Eric Metaxas is the author of the acclaimed New [...]

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE VIDEO OF THIS LECTURE Click Here for Free Registration (Please note, you do not have to log in to Register) Monday, March 4, 2013 Kayser Auditorium 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Marvin Olasky is editor-in-chief of the World News Group, holder of the Distinguished Chair in Journalism and Public Policy [...]

By Kathryn Jean Lopez December 6, 2012 12:45 P.M.  Despite the look of things culturally and otherwise, Americans remain a religious people. That’s what Gallup president Frank Newhouse is noting this week, and it’s the subject of a new book by Rodney Stark, a Baylor University professor.  “America is an unusually religious nation,” the Stark explains [...]

The Washington Post recently gave prominent coverage to a bizarre religion story, so wildly improbable as to raise serious doubts about the paper’s critical faculties. The piece also contributes to a potent modern mythology. The story reported that “Colombian Evangelical Christians Convert To Judaism, Embracing Hidden Past.” It tells of a village with a strong [...]

November 29, 2012 – 5:45 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Armstrong Browning Library, Baylor University Dear Friends, You are invited to a Musical Advent Service for the Baylor and Waco communities, at Armstrong Browning Library on November 29. There will be two presentations at 5:45 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. The service lasts about 40 minutes- and [...]

November 26, 2012 Fracking Green Churches By Philip Jenkins Every few years, I update and revise my History of the United States, trying to identify the most important trends or events shaping American life. For the century’s opening decade, for instance, few would dispute that the September 11 attacks belonged at the top of any [...]

Family Commitment Blended with Strong Religion Dampens Civic Participation, Baylor Researcher Finds Nov. 15, 2012 Follow us on Twitter:@BaylorUMediaCom Contact: Terry Goodrich, Assistant Director of Media Communications, (254) 710-3321 WACO, Texas (Nov. 15, 2012) — Blending religion with familism — a strong commitment to lifelong marriage and childbearing — dampens secular civic participation, according to [...]