Butler University Series on Religion and Society: Religious Experience and Psychedelics

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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.

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