{"id":3554,"date":"2017-09-25T13:06:20","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T12:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/upgrade-understandingunbelief\/?page_id=3554"},"modified":"2020-09-07T09:45:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-07T08:45:00","slug":"the-2017-nsrn-public-lecture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/understandingunbelief\/events\/current-events\/the-2017-nsrn-public-lecture\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2017 NSRN public lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"<nav class=\"breadcrumb \"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/understandingunbelief\/\" rel=\"index\">Home<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/understandingunbelief\/events\/sample-page\/\" rel=\"up\">Current Events<\/a><\/nav>\n<div class=\"lead\">**This event has now passed**<\/div>\n<div class=\"lead\">It was held on Saturday 25 November 2017,\u00a015:45-17:00<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2926 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/understandingunbelief\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1816\/2017\/07\/nsrn-logo2016-blue-tweak2-square-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><br \/>\nat The Beaney House of Art and Knowledge<br \/>\n18 High Street, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2RA<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3562 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/understandingunbelief\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1816\/2017\/09\/AbbyDayweb2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/understandingunbelief\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1816\/2017\/09\/AbbyDayweb2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/understandingunbelief\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1816\/2017\/09\/AbbyDayweb2-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/understandingunbelief\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1816\/2017\/09\/AbbyDayweb2.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>This year&#8217;s lecture is presented by<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gold.ac.uk\/sociology\/staff\/day-abby\/\"> Professor Abby Day<\/a>, Sociology Department, Goldsmiths, University of London.<\/div>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<div>Non-religious people often experience, and revere, the presence of their deceased relatives. Unfortunately, such experiences usually fall into an academic category called \u2018religious experience\u2019, demonstrating how badly misunderstood are today\u2019s unbelievers. The roots of that category error are deeply embedded in 19th century studies of religion when academics defined religion according to \u2018belief in spirits\u2019 and decided that such beliefs were based on ancestor worship &#8211; a practice they confidently predicted would die out as people became more \u2018modern\u2019. But it hasn\u2019t died out. In this lecture, I discuss current research with UK unbelieving ancestor-worshippers and offer cross-cultural comparisons to ask &#8211; how can we learn from their experiences to inform us about unbelief, nonreligion and the richness of human experience?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Reserve your seat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/ancestor-worship-amongst-todays-unbelievers-tickets-38864113610?aff=es2\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<div>The annual NSRN public lecture is being held in conjunction with\u00a0<strong>Belief,<\/strong> <strong>Lost and Found: The Unbelief Caf\u00e9<\/strong> an event\u00a0taking place as part of the 2017 Being Human Festival.\u00a0Find out more about this event <a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/understandingunbelief\/events\/sample-page\/lost-and-found-belief-the-unbelief-cafe\/\">here&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HomeCurrent Events **This event has now passed** It was held on Saturday 25 November 2017,\u00a015:45-17:00 at The Beaney House of Art and Knowledge 18 High Street, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2RA This year&#8217;s lecture is presented by Professor Abby Day, Sociology Department, Goldsmiths, University of London. 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