Does religion make people better? People, including some of history’s greatest philosophers, have debated this question for thousands of years, but the last 60 years have seen scholars from multiple disciplines try to answer this question with scientific data.
In this talk, Dr. Azim Shariff examines key findings from this research, highlighting psychological experiments and cross-cultural field studies conducted with collaborators to explore the relationship between religion and prosocial behaviour. The presentation will also give insight into Dr. Shariff’s intellectual and professional journey through the scientific study of religion.
Dr. Amir Sharrif is a Professor and Canada 150 Research Chair at University of British Columbia, where he directs the Centre for Applied Moral Psychology.
His research on morality, religion, politics, and technology regularly receives global media coverage.
He has written about this work for The New York Times and Scientific American, and has spoken at the Aspen Ideas Festival and World Science Festival in New York. He is a member of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, and a Kavli Fellow of the American National Academy of Sciences.
When: Monday, July 20th
Time: 6-9pm (ARRIVE BETWEEN 6-6:30)
Where: The Pleasant, 2434 Main St.
Does religion make people better? People, including some of history’s greatest philosophers, have debated this question for thousands of years, but the last 60 years have seen scholars from multiple disciplines try to answer this question with scientific data.
In this talk, Dr. Azim Shariff examines key findings from this research, highlighting psychological experiments and cross-cultural field studies conducted with collaborators to explore the relationship between religion and prosocial behaviour. The presentation will also give insight into Dr. Shariff’s intellectual and professional journey through the scientific study of religion.
Dr. Amir Sharrif is a Professor and Canada 150 Research Chair at University of British Columbia, where he directs the Centre for Applied Moral Psychology.
His research on morality, religion, politics, and technology regularly receives global media coverage.
He has written about this work for The New York Times and Scientific American, and has spoken at the Aspen Ideas Festival and World Science Festival in New York. He is a member of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, and a Kavli Fellow of the American National Academy of Sciences.
When: Monday, July 20th
Time: 6-9pm (ARRIVE BETWEEN 6-6:30)
Where: The Pleasant, 2434 Main St.
