Gifford Lectures 2011

Peter Harrison will deliver a Series of Gifford Lectures at the University of Edinburgh in 2010-2011.

Lecture Series Theme: Science, Regligion and Modernity

This lecture series will offer a revised history of science-religion interactions in the West.  It will consider the way in which religious concerns have shaped the study of nature over the past 2000 years, with a particular focus on the changing boundaries of science and religion.  It will be argued that these two ideas—science and religion—are distinctively Western and modern, that they are mutually interdependent, and that a recognition of their history will help revise our understanding of their present relations.

Prof. Harrison is Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion at Oxford University and Director of the Ian Ramsey Centre.

Dates: 14, 15, 17, 21, 22 and 24 February 2011. All lectures take place at 5.30 pm

Venue: St Cecilia’s Hall, Cowgate, Edinburgh

These lectures are free but ticketed

Source: Ian Ramsey Centre, Cambridge, UK.