Addressing the Spiritual Journey of Jews Beyond Midlife

Jeff Levin, will present the opening plenary on Thursday, November 19, 2009/Kislev 5770
Presented by UJA-Federation of New York’s Caring Commission and Hiddur: The Center for Aging and Judaism of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, this full-day conference will be a dynamic exploration of meaning, purpose, and later life.

Religious Attendance Relates to Generosity Worldwide: Religious and the secular more charitable if they attend services. Gallup data collected worldwide and across all the major world religions reveal that religious attendance is associated with more generous behavior, even for those unaffiliated with a particular religion.

Jeff Levin joins Baylor ISR as Director of ISR’s Program on Religion and Population Health [August 13, 2009] Dr. Jeff Levin has accepted a distinguished chair at Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion, where he will serve as University Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health as well as Director of ISR’s Program on Religion [...]

Dr. Philip Jenkins joins ISR as Distinguished Senior Fellow and Co-Director of ISR’s Initiative on Historical Studies of Religion [June 19, 2009]  Dr. Philip Jenkins, one of the world’s leading religion scholars, has agreed to be a Distinguished Senior Fellow at Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion and to co-direct ISR’s Initiative on Historical [...]

J. Gordon Melton joins Baylor ISR Dr. J. Gordon Melton,  the leading authority on American religious bodies, has agreed to be a Distinguished Senior Fellow at Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion (ISR). The author of more than 40 reference and scholarly books, Melton is famous for his Melton’s Encyclopedia of American Religions first [...]

“The Lost History of Christianity” Philip Jenkins presents at the Seaver College Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series Pepperdine University Malibu, CA March 23,2009 7:00 p.m. CLICK HERE TO VIEW VIDEO OF LECTURE

ACE (Association of Christian Economists) 25th Anniversary Conference: Three Perspectives on Economics & Faith FOR VIDEO OF THE LECTURES CLICK HERE Thursday, April 16- Saturday, April 18, 2009 Arthur C. Brooks (American Enterprise Institute) Laurence R. Iannaccone (George Mason University) Rodney Stark (Baylor University) John P. Tiemstra (Calvin College) For twenty-five years, the Association of [...]