Science and Religion 2017

All seminars Monday 16:10 to 17:30, Baillie Room, New College

Semester 2

15 Jan

Dr Mike Fuller, title tbc

22 Jan

Joanna Leidenhag, ‘The Possibility and Promise of Panpsychism for the Dialogue between Science and Religion’

29 Jan

Kate Snow, ‘Framing Nature: Does Scientific Cosmology Have a Coherent “Ultimate Question”?’

5 Feb

Dr Ron Petrick (Heriot-Watt University), title tbc

12 Feb

Dr Jamie Collin, title tbc

19 Feb

***No seminar – Flexible Learning Week

26 Feb

Dr Mikael Leidenhag, title tbc

5 Mar 

Patrick Brown, title tbc

12 Mar Charles Pickles, title tbc
19 Mar ***No seminar – MSc dissertation day
26 Mar

Bill Atkins, ‘Traditional Chinese Medicine and the immanence of God’

2 Apr Dr Mark Harris, ‘Creating a science of the flood': Science versus theology in the biblical flood narrative’

 

Semester 1

18 Sep 

 

  Dr Mark Harris, Introducing the landscape of Science and Religion for MSc students

 

25 Sep

 

  Dr Mike Fuller, Introducing the History of Science and Religion for MSc students

 

2 Oct

 

  Dr Jamie Collin, Introducing the Philosophy of Science for MSc students

 

9 Oct

 

  Dr Mikael Leidenhag, ‘Framing Christian Eschatology Through Natural Teleology? Theological Possibilities and Concerns’

 

16 Oct  

 

  Dr Mark Harris, Chapter 1 of his current book project, Naturalism, Miracles, and the                         Unity of Science

 

23 Oct

 

  Dr Mark Harris, Chapter 2

 

30 Oct

 

  Jaime Wright, ‘The Storied Mind: How Stories Relate Science, Religion, and Human Flourishing’

 

6 Nov

 

  Dr Mark Harris, Chapter 4

 

13 Nov 

 

  Dr Mark Harris, Chapter 5

 

20 Nov 

 

  Dr Michael Fuller, discussion on science-and-religion issues in Parsifal

 

27 Nov     

 

  ***No seminar*** (Divinity graduations)