Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Robert N. Bellah
Born: February 23, 1927
Died: July 30, 2013 (aged 86)
Bio: Robert Neelly Bellah was an American sociologist, and the Elliott Professor of Sociology, as well as Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He was internationally known for his work related to the sociology of religion.
Known for:
- Religion in Human Evolution (2011)
- The Robert Bellah Reader (2006)