Dale McGowan and The Death Problem

From the venue:

The Atlanta Freethought Society is proud to present author Dale McGowan, who will discuss what he calls “The Death Problem.”

That humans are afraid to die is not news. But an intriguing subfield of psychology has gone much further, finding mortality awareness at the root of a staggering array of human behaviors, from body art to social media fixation to religiosity to career ambition. Dale McGowan dusts off his anthropology degree to highlight the way in which our awareness of death casts a wider and deeper shadow on our lives than we tend to think.

Dale McGowan, PhD, is an author, educator, and philanthropist who holds degrees in anthropology and music theory from UC Berkeley and a PhD in music theory from the University of Minnesota. After years as a college music professor, Dale shifted his focus to writing and advocacy, becoming a leading voice in the nonreligious community.