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SUMMARY:Lecture series to explore why people are religious\; Anthropologist Dan Sperber speaks at Vanderbilt April 7\, 8 and 10
DESCRIPTION:Many people believe in God even though that belief is unverifiable by the methods used to test scientific ideas or concepts.\n\n\nWhy?\n\n\nIn the three-part lecture series at Vanderbilt University\, &ldquo\;The Causes of Religion\,&rdquo\; renowned anthropologist Dan Sperber will address this question.\n\n\nSperber\, 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 Web site of Vanderbilt News Service\, at www.vanderbilt.edu/news/.\n\n\nThe 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.\n\n\nAll three lectures are free and open to the public.\n\n\nThe April 7 lecture is &ldquo\;Asking the Right Questions.&rdquo\; On April 8\, Sperber will speak on &ldquo\;Beliefs and Values.&rdquo\; The final installment on April 10 is &ldquo\;Rituals and Institutions.&rdquo\;\n\n\nThe 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.\n\n\nMedia Contact\: Jim Patterson\, (615) 322-NEWS\n\njim.patterson@vanderbilt.edu\n\n\n\n
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