Hello UTC Community,
 
Today begins our lecture series.
 
Dr. Ralph W. Hood Jr. is our first speaker of the semester. His lecture
entitled "The Contemporary Christian Serpent Handlers of Appalachia" will be
held today Wednesday, September 20th, 2006, from 3:00 - 4:00 PM in the UC
Auditorium (Room 206).  

Dr. Hood's Professional Background

Professor Hood has a long- standing interest in the empirical study of
religion. His research has focused upon religious experience, especially
mystical experience. In addition he continues extensive field work on the
serpent handling holiness sects of Appalachia. He is a past president of the
Psychology of Religion division of APA and a recipient of the William James
Award from that division. He was involved in the creation of the
International Journal for the Psychology of Religion. He served as Book
Review Editor and also as Co-editor. He is a past editor of the Journal for
the Scientific Study of Religion. Recent books include two edited volumes
published by Religious Education Press: Handbook of Religious Experience and
Measures of Religiosity (with Peter Hill). Dimension of Mystical Experiences
has just been published by Rodopi. In 2003, he completed a third edition of
The Psychology of Religion: An Empirical Approach (with Bernie Spilka and
Bruce Hunsberger) published by Guilford Press.
 
This lecture is free and all are invited to attend.
 
 
 
Angelique Cook
MBA Student
Senior Secretary
Psychology Dept. 2803
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Phone: (423) 425-4262
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Cancer is so limited that:
It cannot cripple love
It cannot shatter hope
It cannot corrode faith
It cannot destroy peace
It cannot kill friendship
It cannot suppress memories
It cannot silence courage
It cannot invade the soul
It cannot steal eternal life
It cannot conquer the spirit (Dedicated to My Father)
 
 
 
 
 
 

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