The Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is pleased to invite you and your guest to join Jon Butler, Dean of the Graduate School and the Howard L. Lamar Professor of American Studies, History and Religious Studies, for cocktails, conversation and a talk on "Religion and Modern America."

Monday, May 12, 2008
6:30 – 8:30 pm  (Dean Butler's talk to begin at 7:30, followed by Q & A)

The GlenArbor Golf Club
234 Bedford Center Road
Bedford, New York

Hors d'oeuvres, hosted bar
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Space is limited.

The GlenArbor Club has been made available by Arthur Estey '78 PhD.  Jacket required for gentlemen. 

Jon Butler grew up in rural Minnesota and received both his BA and PhD in history from the University of Minnesota. His books include Awash in a Sea of Faith:  Christianizing the American People (1990), Becoming America: The Revolution Before 1776 (2000), and Religion in American Life: A Short History, co-authored with Grant Wacker and Randall Balmer (2003).  He is the editor-in-chief of the forthcoming Oxford Companion to Religion in America, and is currently writing a book about religion in New York City between 1870 and 1960 tentatively titled God in Gotham:  The Miracle of Religion in Modern Manhattan.

Parking available on site.
For directions, see www.glenarborclub.com.