The New Atheism: A Conversation with John Haught
REGISTER HERE In this luncheon conversation with students, Prof. John Haught will discuss the New Atheist critiques of religion. Do such arguments live up to a strict adherence to reason? […]
Science, Faith, and the New Atheism
John Haught (Georgetown University The bestselling books by the “New Atheists” Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett and Christopher Hitchens provide colorful portraits of the evils of religions, especially those […]
Science and Religion: The Myth of Conflict
In many ways, the supposed conflict between science and religion is really a conflict between “scientific materialism” and religion. The lecture will review the story of the relation between Christianity […]
Is the Human Mind Reducible to Physics?
a luncheon discussion with Stephen M. Barr (University of Delaware) REGISTER HERE This event is open to University of Chicago students. Lunch will be served. Others interested in attending, please […]
Toward a Theology of Science
Tom McLeish (Durham University) REGISTER HERE This event is open to students, faculty, and scientists at the University of Chicago. Lunch will be served. Others interested in attending, please contactinfo@lumenchrisit.org. […]
Evolution and the Catholic Faith
REGISTER HERE Many people imagine that the Catholic Church was historically opposed to the theory of evolution or that there is something dangerous or dubious about Darwinian evolution from the […]
Reductionism in Science: Order from Chaos or Order from Ideas?
REGISTER HERE Open to current university students and faculty. Lunch will be served. Join us for a discussion with physicist Stephen Barr on his article from First Things on the […]
Tracing our Shared Deep History: Evolutionary Anthropology and Theo-Drama
Cosponsored by the Theology and Religious Ethics Workshop While theology and biological science often seem to be at odds, there are productive ways of telling the Christian story of who […]
Religious Origins of Modern Science?
REGISTER HERE Cosponsored by the Department of History and the Committee for the Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science It is often thought that modern science developed largely independently of, […]
Lunch Discussion on “The Cosmos and the Religious Quest”
Students will read and discuss Chapter 2 from Professor Peter Harrison’s book The Territories of Science and Religion (University of Chicago, 2015) entitled “The Cosmos and the Religious Quest.” Prof. […]