Religion and Public Life Program to host ‘The Impact of Asian-Americans on the American Religious Landscape’

Prema Kurien

Rice University’s Religion and Public Life Program (RPLP) will host “The Impact of Asian-Americans on the American Religious Landscape” Feb. 18 at 7 p.m. in Duncan Hall’s McMurtry Auditorium, with a reception to follow in Martel Hall.

Pawan Dhingra

The event will include a panel discussion featuring commentary by Prema Kurien, professor of sociology at Syracuse University; Pawan Dhingra, professor and chair of the Sociology Department at Tufts University; and Jerry Park, associate professor of sociology and an affiliate fellow of the Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion.

Jerry Park

The scholars will address the impact of Asian-Americans on the American religious landscape and reference their own research on experiences of religion and immigration.

The event is free and open to the public.

For more information on RPLP, visit http://rplp.rice.edu.