Thoughts on Spirituality Today
Channel: UU Church of Peoria, Illinois
Date: 2024-02-25

Sunday, Feb 25, 2024 @ 10:30 am

Speaker(s): Dr. Robert Fuller, Guest Speaker

Overview:

Dr. Fuller, Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at Bradley University, was the Caterpillar Professor of Religious Studies at Bradley before his retirement. He came to Bradley from the University of Chicago, where he received his PhD in the fields of “Religion and Psychological Studies” and “American Religion.” He taught courses entitled “Survey of Eastern Religion,” “Religion in Contemporary America,” “A Philosophical Description of the Human Condition,” and “The Psychology of Religion.”

Dr. Fuller’s research focused on the relationship between psychology and religion as well as the study of contemporary religion in the United States. In addition to more than forty journal articles, he has published thirteen books. His books include The Body of Faith: A Biological History of Religion in America (University of Chicago Press, 2013), Spirituality in the Flesh: Bodily Sources of Religious Experiences (Oxford University Press, 2008), Wonder: From Emotion to Spirituality (University of North Carolina Press, 2006), Religious Revolutionaries (Palgrave/McMillan, 2004), and Spiritual, But Not Religious: Understanding Unchurched America (Oxford University Press, 2001).