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X-WR-CALNAME:Is It Worth It to Have Kids? A Conversation Between the Social
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DESCRIPTION:COLLIS Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture at Cornell Un
 iversity is pleased to announce\, “Is It Worth It To Have Kids? A Conver
 sation Between the Social Sciences and Theology\,” 5:15-6:45pm on Thursd
 ay\, April 11 in 700 Clark Hall or Via Zoom. Panelists: Nicholas Eberstadt
  (Demography\, American Enterprise Institute)*\, Abigail Jorgensen (Sociol
 ogy\, Saint Louis University)\, Karl Pillemer (Sociology and Gerontology\,
  Cornell University)\, and Julie Hanlon Rubio (Theology\, University of Sa
 nta Clara).  \n\n*will participate via Zoom \n\nHow are women and men in U
 nited States and Europe deciding whether or not to have children? What are
  current patterns of birthrate in the West and globally\, and what might b
 e some lifespan implications of these patterns? Why is the Catholic Church
  concerned by current patterns of birthrate\, and how does Catholic theolo
 gy conceptualize the value of children? This panel will facilitate a dialo
 gue between three leading Catholic social scientists and a Catholic theolo
 gian on these questions with an aim of identifying potentially generative 
 sites for interdisciplinary collaboration between the social sciences and 
 theology.  \n\nParticipants: \n\nNicholas Eberstadt holds the Henry Wendt 
 Chair in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI)\, wh
 ere he researches and writes extensively on demographics and economic deve
 lopment generally\, and more specifically on international security in the
  Korean peninsula and Asia. Domestically\, he focuses on poverty and socia
 l well-being. Dr. Eberstadt is also a senior adviser to the National Burea
 u of Asian Research (NBR). His many books and monographs include “Povert
 y in China” (IDI\, 1979)\; “The Tyranny of Numbers” (AEI Press\, 199
 5)\; “The End of North Korea” (AEI Press\, 1999)\; “The Poverty of t
 he Poverty Rate” (AEI Press\, 2008)\; “Russia’s Peacetime Demographi
 c Crisis” (NBR\, 2010)\, and “Men Without Work: America’s Invisible 
 Crisis” (Templeton Press\, 2016). \n\nAbigail Jorgensen is a professor o
 f sociology and health care ethics at Saint Louis University\, specializin
 g in family sociology and methods with foci in health\, politics\, and cul
 ture. Dr. Jorgensen is also birth and bereavement doula\; her book\, A Cat
 holic Guide to Miscarriage\, Stillbirth\, and Infant Loss (Ave Maria Press
 ) will be released in April 2024. \n\nKarl Pillemeris the Hazel E. Reed Pr
 ofessor in the Department of Psychology\, Professor of Gerontology in Medi
 cine at Weill Cornell Medicine\, and Senior Associate Dean for Research an
 d Outreach in the College of Human Ecology. Pillemer also directs the Corn
 ell Legacy Project (http://legacyproject.human.cornell.edu/) and is author
  of the book 30 Lessons for Living (http://legacyproject.human.cornell.edu
 /the-book/). His major interests center on human development over the life
  course\, with a special emphasis on family and social relationships in mi
 ddle age and beyond. \n\nJulie Hanlon Rubio is the Shea-Heusaman Professor
  of Christian Social Ethics and Associate Dean at Jesuit School of Theolog
 y of Santa Clara University in Berkeley\, California. Before coming to JST
 \, she taught in the department of theological studies at St. Louis Univer
 sity for nearly two decades. Her research focuses on family\, feminism\, s
 ex\, and politics. She is the author of four books\, including the award w
 inning Hope for Common Ground: Mediating the Personal and the Political in
  a Divided Church (Georgetown\, 2016) and Family Ethics: Practices for Chr
 istians (Georgetown\, 2010).
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LOCATION:Clark Hall\, 700
SUMMARY:Is It Worth It to Have Kids? A Conversation Between the Social Scie
 nces and Theology
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 a-conversation-between-the-social-sciences-and-theology
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