SPEAKERS AND TOPICS

Religious Faith and Scientific Vocations Seminar 2004-2005

in conjunction with Butler University's Center for Faith and Vocation

For more information about the accompanying course RL375-02/ST 390-01 follow this link

 

 Fall 2004

 

TOPIC #1: CREATION, EVOLUTION AND EDUCATION

"Teaching the Origins of Man" - Sept. 21, 2004 -  Ken Miller, biologist, Brown Univ. Author of "Finding Darwin's God." Respondent  is the head of the science department at Lafayette (Ind) Jefferson High School. April Jones and Amy Lotz, two Butler seniors, will round out the panel.

Links related to Ken Miller:

About Ken Miller  http://www.meta-library.net/bio/kenmill-body.html

Ken Miller's Evolution Page  http://www.millerandlevine.com/km/evol/index.html

Excerpt from his book Finding Darwin's God  http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Brown_Alumni_Magazine/00/11-99/features/darwin.html

Paley in a Test Tube   http://www.meta-library.net/perspevo/preskm-frame.html

Darwin, God, and the Human Genome  http://www.meta-library.net/perspevo/preskm2-frame.html

 

TOPIC #2: FAITH AND SCIENCE

"The Scientist and the Theologian" - Oct. 19, 2004. Amit Goswami, physicist Univ. of Oregon (emeritus).  Respondent is the Rev. Anna Case-Winters, McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago.

Links related to Amit Goswami:

Home Page   http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~its/goswami.html

Interview (by Connie Hill)  http://www.newconnexion.net/article/09-02/goswami.html

"Scientific Proof of the Existence of God"  (Interview)  http://www.wie.org/j20/goswami.asp  [also here]

"Questions and Answers on How to Know God"  http://www.swcp.com/~hswift/swc/Summer00/goswami0001.htm

Articles  http://www.swcp.com/~hswift/swc/cumindex.htm#gosw

Review of The Visionary Window  http://www.swcp.com/~hswift/swc/vol06no2/bkrev62.htm

Talk   http://www.mishlove.com/virtual2/Goswami.htm

 

Links related to Anna Case-Winters:

Biography   http://www.mccormick.edu/mod.php?mod=userpage&page_id=284

Interviews  http://www.meta-library.net/transcript/cw-frame.html  

"Toward A Theology of Nature: Preliminary Intuitions"  http://www.religiologiques.uqam.ca/no11/toward.PDF

"Who Do You Say That I Am? Believing In Jesus In The 21st Century"  http://www.covenantnetwork.org/case-winters.html

  

Spring 2005

 

TOPIC #3: FAITH, SCIENCE, AND EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE

"What If We Are Not Alone?" - Jan. 25. 2005. Father Ernan McMullin, U. of Notre Dame, is keynote speaker.

Links related to Ernan McMullin:

About Ernan McMullin   http://www.nd.edu/~ndphilo/faculty/emc.htm

"Quest for Consonance"   http://home.columbus.rr.com/sciences/mcmullin.html

“Formalism and Ontology in Early Astronomy" http://www.counterbalance.net/ctns-vo/mcmul-body.html

"The Origin of Natural Kinds: Early Christian Alternatives" http://www.aaas.org/spp/dser/petworkshop/tutorials/mcmullin.pdf

 

TOPIC #4: SCIENCE AND THE SOUL

 "Science of the Soul." - Feb.  22, 2005.  Kevin Sharpe, mathematician and philosopher of religion professor at the College of Graduate Studies of the Union Institute and University, Cincinnati; Member of Harris Manchester College, Oxford Univ.; editor of Theology and the Sciences for Fortress Press. Respondent is Dr. Vimal Patel, IU school of medicine.

Links related to Kevin Sharpe:

Home Page  http://www.ksharpe.com/

"David Bohm's World: New Physics and New Religion"  http://www.ksharpe.com/Word/BM06.htm

"Natural Morality: Reaping Our Innate Rewards"   http://www.ksharpe.com/Word/EP18.htm

Sleuthing the Divine (Table of Contents)  http://www.ksharpe.com/Word/MT01.htm

Certificate in Science and Spirituality  http://faculty.tui.edu/sharpek/oi/Index.htm

 

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