Summer Course: Science and Religion in Dialogue in 2011

St Edmund’s College, Cambridge: July 17-23, 2011

Aim of Course: In this one week course a wide range of topics at the science/religion interface will be addressed by internationally renowned speakers. The topics to be covered include historical and philosophical perspectives; the relationships between physics, evolutionary biology and neuroscience with religion; and some of the ethical issues raised by science.

Speakers (listed in alphabetical order) and topics below

Source: The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion

Rev Dave Bookless : Earthing Theology: Caring for Creation in Urban and Rural Contexts

Prof. Peter Clarke : The Brain as a Neuronal Machine

Revd Dr Alasdair Coles : Brain Imaging and Religious Experience

Prof. Keith Fox : Creation and Evolution

Prof. Nidhal Guessoum : Islam and Modern Science, and Islam and Modern Technologies

Prof. Ian Hutchinson : Monopolizing Knowledge: A Refutation of Scientism; and Physics and Faith

Dr David Lahti : Is Human Behaviour in the Genes? and Has Religion Evolved?

Revd Dr Ernest Lucas : The Creation Narratives in Genesis 1-3

Prof. Michael Murray : Animal Suffering: Theological and Philosophical Perspectives

Prof. Tim O’Connor : Philosophical Aspects of Free Will

Prof. Ted Peters : Astro-Ethics and the Search for Life, and Can We Enhance the Imago Dei? A Theological Assessment of Genetic Alteration, Nanotechnology, and Transhumanism