Ellen Idler is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Sociology at Emory University, and the Director of the Religion and Public Health Collaborative.
Students in religious studies (and students of faith) understand that religion is a social institution with history, structure, and function. So they have a particular advantage in seeing the social capital of religious groups and how it can be leveraged.
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