Posted by:
onendagus
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Date: November 30, 2011 02:01PM
I’m going and would love to meet any other disaffected mormons in the Las Vegas area.
Here is a description of the event:
Many sociologists have done research looking at religious conversion, but very little has been done looking specifically at the deconversion process. What backgrounds to religious apostates tend to share? What common experiences lead to apostatizing, and are there noticeable differences between the deconversion experiences between atheists and agnostics?
What research was done on the process 15-20 years ago showed apostasy was a negative social and emotional experience, but does that still hold? And if not, what's the difference? Lori Fazzino, PhD student in UNLV's department of Sociology and member of the SSA at UNLV, is doing research exploring these very questions. Come see her discuss her present study, looking specifically at apostates of Evangelical Christianity.
Her presentation will start promptly at 1pm, and stick around for an audience Q&A. This event is free and open to the public.
***Parking Note*** All metered and staff parking spaces are free on Sundays. Below is a link to a campus map. The best access to the Marjorie Barrick Museum (labeled "MSM" on the map) is to enter on Harmon Ave from Swenson. Take Harmon as far as it will take you, and the museum is on your right. If the lot right next to the museum is full, there is another lot right behind the Lied Library.
http://go.unlv.edu/as...