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Butler University Series on Religion and Society: Religious Experience and Psychedelics
February 25, 2025 @ 7:00pm
This event is in Dugan Hall Room 234
It has been clear for decades that certain mind-altering substances can generate experiences that mirror those of mystics. Rev. Dr. Jaime Clark-Soles has done likewise. Clark-Soles is an American Baptist minister and Professor of New Testament, Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor, and Director of Baptist Studies at the Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University. She also had the opportunity to participate in a psilocybin study. Since then, Clark-Soles has been speaking and writing not only about New Testament studies but the use of entheogens, which are more commonly known as psychedelics, as part of and within the context of a life of faith.
Clark-Soles will be joined by respondent Fayzan Rab, a medical student researching the reception of psychedelics in an Islamic context. An array of Butler University professors in pharmacy and health sciences, psychology, neuroscience, and religious studies will also contribute to this cutting-edge interdisciplinary conversation.
The event is made possible with co-sponsorship from the Muslim Studies Endowment.
Rev. Dr. Jaime Clark-Soles is Professor of New Testament and Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University. She is currently writing two books: Psychedelics and Soul Care: What Christians Need to Know (Eerdmans) and The Agony, the Ecstasy, and the Ordinary: Experiencing God in the New Testament. Dr. Clark-Soles serves as a Field Scholar for the Emory Center for Psychedelics and Spirituality and is an active member of the Transforming Chaplaincy Psychedelic Care Network. She is certified in Psychedelic Assisted Therapies and Research through CIIS.
Fayzan Rab is a Muslim-American, MD candidate, and psychedelic researcher. His passion is bringing together Eastern wisdom with Western science. Rab’s research focuses on attitudes Muslims have towards new treatment modalities like psychedelic-assisted therapy with a focus on how to integrate these innovations with religious and cultural minorities.
This event is in Dugan Hall Room 234
It has been clear for decades that certain mind-altering substances can generate experiences that mirror those of mystics. Rev. Dr. Jaime Clark-Soles has done likewise. Clark-Soles is an American Baptist minister and Professor of New Testament, Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor, and Director of Baptist Studies at the Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University. She also had the opportunity to participate in a psilocybin study. Since then, Clark-Soles has been speaking and writing not only about New Testament studies but the use of entheogens, which are more commonly known as psychedelics, as part of and within the context of a life of faith.
Clark-Soles will be joined by respondent Fayzan Rab, a medical student researching the reception of psychedelics in an Islamic context. An array of Butler University professors in pharmacy and health sciences, psychology, neuroscience, and religious studies will also contribute to this cutting-edge interdisciplinary conversation.
The event is made possible with co-sponsorship from the Muslim Studies Endowment.
Rev. Dr. Jaime Clark-Soles is Professor of New Testament and Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University. She is currently writing two books: Psychedelics and Soul Care: What Christians Need to Know (Eerdmans) and The Agony, the Ecstasy, and the Ordinary: Experiencing God in the New Testament. Dr. Clark-Soles serves as a Field Scholar for the Emory Center for Psychedelics and Spirituality and is an active member of the Transforming Chaplaincy Psychedelic Care Network. She is certified in Psychedelic Assisted Therapies and Research through CIIS.
Fayzan Rab is a Muslim-American, MD candidate, and psychedelic researcher. His passion is bringing together Eastern wisdom with Western science. Rab’s research focuses on attitudes Muslims have towards new treatment modalities like psychedelic-assisted therapy with a focus on how to integrate these innovations with religious and cultural minorities.