An atheist seminar in Fort Worth drew a capacity crowd, evidence that Texas’ growing nonreligious population is finding its political voice here in the Bible Belt, the author writes. Texas Observer: http://bit.ly/2y8zNac
Elaine Howard Ecklund is a Rice faculty scholar at the Baker Institute, the Herbert S. Autrey Chair in Social Sciences, professor of sociology, and founding director of the Religion and Public Life Program at Rice University. An expert on institutional …
William Martin, Ph.D., is the Harry and Hazel Chavanne Senior Fellow in Religion and Public Policy at the Baker Institute and the Chavanne Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Rice University. He also directs the institute’s Drug Policy Program. His areas …