Elkins Auditorium
Thursday, March 10, 2022, 6 – 7:30pm
![President's Speaker Series - The Impact of Faith on Human Flourishing and the Common Good: A Conversation with Byron Johnson]( "President's Speaker Series - The Impact of Faith on Human Flourishing and the Common Good: A Conversation with Byron Johnson")
Byron Johnson, Distinguished Professor of the Social Sciences at Baylor University, will lead the next installment of the President’s Speaker Series with a discussion on the impact of faith on human flourishing and the potential for religion to facilitate and contribute to the common good of all humanity.
About the Speaker
Byron Johnson is a Distinguished Professor of the Social Sciences at Baylor University. The founding director of the Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion and director of the Program on Prosocial Behavior, Johnson is a leading authority on the scientific study of religion, the efficacy of faith-based organizations, and criminal justice. Johnson is also a faculty affiliate of the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University and a senior fellow at the Sagamore Institute. His most recent publications have examined the impact of faith-based programs on recidivism reduction and prisoner reentry.
Before joining the faculty at Baylor University, Johnson directed research centers at Vanderbilt University and the University of Pennsylvania. He has been the principal investigator on grants from private foundations as well as the Department of Justice, Department of Labor, Department of Defense, National Institutes of Health, and the United States Institute for Peace. He is the author of many journal articles and a number of books including More God, Less Crime (2011); The Angola Prison Seminary (2016); The Quest for Purpose (2017); Objective Religion: Competition, Tension, Perseverance (2021); The Restorative Prison (2021); and Objective Religion: Problems, Prosociality, Progress (2022).
Contact Name: University Events
Contact Email: university.events@pepperdine.edu
Cost: Free
Ticket Information: Registration is required.
More info: www.pepperdine.edu…
Thursday, March 10, 2022, 6 – 7:30pm
Byron Johnson, Distinguished Professor of the Social Sciences at Baylor University, will lead the next installment of the President’s Speaker Series with a discussion on the impact of faith on human flourishing and the potential for religion to facilitate and contribute to the common good of all humanity.
About the Speaker
Byron Johnson is a Distinguished Professor of the Social Sciences at Baylor University. The founding director of the Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion and director of the Program on Prosocial Behavior, Johnson is a leading authority on the scientific study of religion, the efficacy of faith-based organizations, and criminal justice. Johnson is also a faculty affiliate of the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University and a senior fellow at the Sagamore Institute. His most recent publications have examined the impact of faith-based programs on recidivism reduction and prisoner reentry.
Before joining the faculty at Baylor University, Johnson directed research centers at Vanderbilt University and the University of Pennsylvania. He has been the principal investigator on grants from private foundations as well as the Department of Justice, Department of Labor, Department of Defense, National Institutes of Health, and the United States Institute for Peace. He is the author of many journal articles and a number of books including More God, Less Crime (2011); The Angola Prison Seminary (2016); The Quest for Purpose (2017); Objective Religion: Competition, Tension, Perseverance (2021); The Restorative Prison (2021); and Objective Religion: Problems, Prosociality, Progress (2022).
Contact Name: University Events
Contact Email: university.events@pepperdine.edu
Cost: Free
Ticket Information: Registration is required.
More info: www.pepperdine.edu…