1999–2000 Templeton/ASA Lecture Series
California
Dominican College, San Rafael, CA
Local Chairs: Patricia Codron and Philip Novak, (415) 485-3279
February 23, 2000, 7:30 p.m.
—Library, Room 208
Dr. Ted Peters, "Genetic Determinism and Human Freedom: A Theological Inquiry"
March 8, 2000, 7:30 p.m.
—Library, Room 208
Dr. Anne Foerst, "Aren’t Robots Human?"
Los Medanos College, Pittsburg, CA
Local Chair, Kate Boisvert, (925) 439-2181 x3277
May 4, 2000 (Time and place: to be announced [TBA])
Dr. Martinex Hewlett, General topic: Status of evolutionary biology, DNA research and the ethical considerations surrounding both
September 2000 (Date, time, and place: TBA)
Drs. Joel Primack and Nancy Ellen Abrams, General Topic: Cosmology and culture and the changing world views from medieval times to the present
St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA
Local Chair: R. P. Olowin, (925) 631-4428
November 18, 1999, 7:00 p.m.
—Galileo Hall
Dr. Steven J. Dick, "Life on Other Worlds: Social and Theological Implications for Humankind"
February 24, 2000, 7:00 p.m.
—Soda Activity Center
Dr. Pauline M. Rudd, "What Does the Pursuit of Religion Have to Do with Science?"
University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Local Chair: Benjamin Wells, (415) 422-6235
February 3, 2000, 8:00 p.m.
—232 Harney Science Center
Dr. Joel R. Primack, "Messages from the Heavens: Cosmology, Mythology, and Mysticism"
February 28, 2000, 7:30 p.m.
—232 Harney Science Center
Dr. Pauline M. Rudd, "What Does Spirituality Have to Do with Science?"
Illinois
Benedictine University, Lisle, IL
Local Chair: Patrick T. Flynn, (630) 829-6261
April 3, 2000, 7:30 p.m.
—Presentation Room, Krasa Hall
Drs. Judith and Kenneth Kidd, "Genetics, Race-Diversity, and Theology"
April 10, 2000, 7:00 p.m.
—Presentation Room, Krasa Hall
Dr. Nancy L. Fisher, "Genetics, Race-Diversity, and Theology"
Lewis University, Romeoville, IL
Local Chair, Sister Noel Dreska, (815) 836-5393
March 16, 2000, 7:30 p.m.
—A 133, Academic Building
Dr. John Haught, "Science and the Quest for Cosmic Purpose"
September 2000
Dr. Owen Gingerich (Date, room and topic: TBA)
McCormick Seminary, Chicago, IL
Local Chair: Anna Case-Winters, (773) 947-6321
May 17, 2000, 4:00 p.m.
—Common Room, McGaw Center
Dr. Nancey Murphy, "Neuroscience and the Freedom of the Will"
May 25, 2000, 1:00 p.m.
—Main Auditorium
Lutheran School of Theology
Dr. John Polkinghorne, "Science and Theology in the Twenty-first Century"
McKendree College, Lebanon, IL
Local Chairs: Tim Harrison and Dennis Ryan, (618) 628-8022
March 9, 2000, 7:30 p.m.
—Pearson’s Hall
Dr. Owen Gingerich, "Galileo: Hero or Heretic?"
Louisiana
Loyola University, New Orleans, LA
Local Chair: James C. Carter, (504) 861-5770
(Date, time, and location: TBA)
Dr. Timothy J. Toohig, "Finding God in High Energy Physics Research"
September 19, 2000 (Time: TBA)
—Nunemaker Hall
Dr. Thomas Berry, "Evolution as Cosmic Liturgy"
New Mexico
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Local Chair: Harold Delaney, (505) 277-5224
January 27, 2000, 7:00 p.m.
—Room 112, Humanities Building
Dr. C. Stephen Evans, "Is God the Basis of the Self? Between Reductionism and Self-Deification"
September 7, 2000, 7:00 p.m.
—Willard Reading Room
Zimmerman Library
Dr. Alvin Plantinga, "An Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism"
New York
Houghton College, Houghton, NY
Local Chairs: Christopher Stewart and
Carl Schultz, (716) 567-9637
November 16, 1999, 8:00 p.m.
—Recital Hall, Center for the Arts
Dr. Frederick Gregory, "The Science Wars as Religious Wars"
March 28, 2000, 8:00 p.m.
—Recital Hall, Center for the Arts
Dr. Owen Gingerich, "Galileo: Hero or Heretic?"
Saint Bonaventure University, Olean, NY
Local Chair: Christopher D. Stanley, (716) 375-2454
March 16, 2000, 7:30 p.m.
—Murphy Auditorium
Dr. Niles Eldridge, "Where Did We Come From? Scientific and Religious Perspectives on Human Origins"
September 2000, 7:30 p.m. (Date: TBA)
—Murphy Auditorium
Dr. David B. Larson, "Is God Good for Your Health? What Does the Research Say"
North Carolina
Elon College, Elon College, NC
Local Chair: Pranab Das, (336) 538-2635
March 3, 2000, 12:30 p.m.
—Yeager Recital Hall
Model Fine Arts Center
Dr. Keith Devlin, "The Language of God? How Mathematics Provides the Key to the Secrets of the Universe"
April 17, 2000, 4:00 p.m.
—Yeager Recital Hall
Model Fine Arts Center
Dr. Philip Clayton, "Knowing Atoms and Knowing Angels: The Problem of Knowledge in Science and Religion"
Ohio
John Carroll University, University Heights, OH
Local Chairs: Lisa Hall, Ernest Spittler, and
Andrew Trew, (216) 397-4691
March 23, 2000, 7:30 p.m.
—Room 256, Science Building
Dr. Margaret Wertheim, "Spirit, Space and Cyberspace"
April 18, 2000, 7:30 p.m.
—Jardine Room
DJ Lombardo Student Center
Dr. Anne Foerst, "Recreating Ourselves"
Malone College, Canton, OH
Local Chair: Douglas V. Henry, (330) 471-8508
March 16, 2000, 7:00 p.m.
—Stewart Room
Randall Campus Center
Dr. William Lane Craig, "Are Science and Religion Mutually Irrelevant?"
April 27, 2000, 7:00 p.m.
—Silk Auditorium, Mitchell Hall
Dr. David C. Lindberg, "Galileo, the Church, and the Cosmos"
Oregon
University of Portland, Portland OR
Local chair: Thomas E. Hosinski, (503) 943-7454
March 27, 2000, 7:30 p.m.
—Buckley Center Auditorium
Dr. Ted Peters, "Are We Playing God with our Genes? The Cloning and Stem Cell Controversies Theologically Considered"
September 2000
Dr. Holmes Rolston III (Date, time, room, and topic: TBA)
Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR
Local Chairs: Dale Cannon, (503) 838-8335
Robert Turner, (503) 838-8224
January 21, 2000, 12:00 noon
—103 Natural Science Building
Dr. Joel Primack, "God and the Big Bang"
February 23, 2000, 12:00 noon
—103 Natural Science Building
Dr. Pauline M. Rudd, "What Has Science to Do with Spirituality? From the Perspective of A Working Biochemist"
Pennsylvania
Carlow College, Pittsburgh, PA
Local Chair: John W. Alverson, (412) 578-6078
March 28, 2000, 7:00 p.m.
—Kresge Theatre
Dr. Anne Clifford, "Theology and Science: Conflict or Conversation"
September 21, 2000, 7:00 p.m.
—Kresge Theatre
Drs. Mary Gerhart and Allan Russell
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh, PA
Local Chair: Ronald Cole-Turner, (412) 441-3304 x2170
March 14, 2000, 7:30 p.m.
—Williamsburg Lounge
Drs. Howard Ducharme and John Teske, "Whatever Happened to the Soul?: Personhood in Scientific and Theological Perspectives"
September 2000 (Lecture: TBA)
Thiel College, Greenville, PA 16125
Local Chair: Greg Peterson, (724) 589-2228
April 5, 2000, 1:30 p.m.
—Bly Lecture Hall
Dr. Holmes Rolston III, "Value in Nature and the Nature of Value"
April 5, 2000, 7:00 p.m.
—Bly Lecture Hall
Dr. Gayle Woloschok, "Beauty and Unity in Creation"
Tennessee
Carson-Newman College, Jefferson City, TN
Local Chair: D. Brian Austin, (865) 471-3273
February 10, 2000, 9:30 a.m.
—FBC Auditorium
Dr. Kenneth Miller, "Accepting God and Darwin: Why I am Not a Theistic Evolutionist"
February 29, 2000, 9:30 a.m.
—FBC Auditorium
Dr. Anne Foerst, "God and Computers"
Union University, Jackson, TN
Local Chairs: Harry L. Poe and Wayne Wofford, (901) 661-5301
March 17, 2000, 12:00 noon
—Coburn I, SUB Building
Dr. Jay Budziszewski, "Natural Law and Intelligent Design: How are They Related?"
March 27, 2000, 7:00 p.m.
—Harvey Hall, SUB Building
Dr. Paul Nelson, "Intelligent Design in Biology"
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Local Chair: Erik Barton, (615) 343-8911
March 14, 2000, 6:00 p.m.
—126 Wilson Hall
Dr. Ted Peters, "Genetic Determinism and Human Freedom: Are We Playing God with Our Genes?"
April 18, 2000, 4:10 p.m.
—114 Furman Hall
Dr. Phillip Clayton, "Knowing Atoms and Knowing Angels: The Problem of Knowledge in Science and Religion"
Alberta, Canada
St. Joseph’s College, University of Alberta
Local Chair: Denis Lamoureux, (780) 439-2648
September 29, 2000, 7:30 p.m.
—Newman Centre
Dr. Ronald Numbers, "The Creationists: History of Scientific Creationism"
Ontario, Canada
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Local Chair: John C. Robertson, Jr., (905) 525-9140 x23392
March 21, 2000, 4:30 p.m.
—122 University Hall
Dr. Michael Welker, "Springing Cultural Traps: The Contributions of Eschatology to the Common Good"
March 22, 2000, 4:30 p.m.
—122 University Hall
Dr. William Stoeger, "Eschatology: A View from the Vatican Observatory"
Trinity College, University of Toronto
Local Chair: Tom Settle, (519) 323-2795
November 23, 1999, 7:30 p.m.
—The Lecture Room
Toronto School of Theology
Dr. Willem Drees, "From Nothing Until Now: Faith in the Natural History of the Universe"
March 23, 2000, 7:30 p.m.
—Combination Room, Trinity College
Dr. Brian Cantwell Smith, "GOD, Approximately: Transformations in the Foundations of Science"
Belize, Central America
Global Stewardship Study Program, Jaguar Creek, Belize
Local Chair: Chris Elisara, (760) 765-2817
February 23, 2000 (Time and place: TBA)
Dr. Steven Bouma-Prediger, "Finding Home: Religion and Science in a Postmodern Age"
March 15, 2000 (Time and place: TBA)
Dr. David Foster, "Christianity and the Ethics of the Scientific Enterprise"