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DESCRIPTION:Presented by the Religion Department\, Daryl D. Schmidt Lecture
 \n\n \n\nSpeaker: Kate Bowler\, Ph.D.\, Professor of American Religious Hi
 story at Duke University\n \n\nThe Gospel of Self-Help\n\nIn a culture sat
 urated with self‑improvement promises\, Dr. Kate Bowler explores how spi
 ritual conviction\, wellness culture\, and metaphysics combine to form a p
 owerful religious script. Bowler asks what it means when people believe ev
 erything happens for a reason\, when they see themselves as ultimately res
 ponsible\, or when they reject purpose altogether. Can faith hold up in un
 certainty\, grief\, and a world where our beliefs about self‑help are of
 ten our only solace? With humor\, vulnerability\, and scholarly insight\, 
 Bowler challenges the false certainties of a culture obsessed with control
 —and invites us to find something truer and more beautiful than perfecti
 on.
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LOCATION:Brown-Lupton University Union - BLUU\, Ballroom
SUMMARY:The Daryl D. Schmidt Lectureship on Religion in Public Life
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