Re: [asa] Fwd: ACT Events in Jan & Feb 2009

Talk about nuancing! In the 1st item, "not inconvergent" is a fairly safe claim.

Shalom,George

---- David Opderbeck <dopderbeck@gmail.com> wrote:
> Of possible interest to list members in the NY Metro area. (If anyone is in
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> David W. Opderbeck
> Associate Professor of Law
> Seton Hall University Law School
> Gibbons Institute of Law, Science & Technology
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: ACT Registrar <registrar@actministry.org>
> Date: Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 5:47 PM
> Subject: ACT Events in Jan & Feb 2009
> To: dopderbeck@gmail.com
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> *ACT Events in January and February 2009
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> Dear Friends of ACT,
>
> Happy New Year.
>
> We commence 2009 with 3 ACT Seminars from the Question of Origins series.
> These seminars will be held at Hunter College, West Building, Room 508 in
> New York from 12.10pm - 1.00pm in January and February. Please join us and
> let your friends know. Registration is free of charge, hosted by Redeemer
> Presbyterian Church.
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> *Quick Links* Event Detail for
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> 1. Jan 25 (Sun): Q1 Origin of the Universe - Cosmogony (The Big
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> We will examine the implications of The Big Bang Model of cosmology for
> Christian belief. Do the philosophical and scientific consequences of the
> Big Bang Model of the origin of the universe negate the Christian doctrine
> of creation? We shall consider Stephen Hawking's proposal for a
> non-boundaried universe as well as the philosophies of Richard Swinburne
> and William Lane Craig in defense of the contingency and future of creation.
> We conclude that the Christian belief in the universe as (possibly one among
> many) created by God is not inconvergent with current understanding of human
> inquiry. To purchase the accompanying book, please go to
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> 2. Feb 01 (Sun) Q2 Origin of Life - Biogenesis (The Big
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> We will examine the implications of the Big Birth theory for the emergence
> of organic life for a biblical and confessional Christian faith. We shall
> discuss life on Mars and what is called Second Genesis, life deep in the
> crust o the earth and the oceans. The important theories of RNA and
> Thioester Worlds will also be examined. We conclude that the latest findings
> in origin of life research is convergent with the biblical doctrine of
> creation. To purchase the accompanying book, please go to
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> 3. Feb 08 (Sun) Q3 Origin of Man - Paleoanthropology (The Big
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> In the study of human origins, paleoanthropology has come to challenge
> theological anthropology as the most convincing way to describe the rise of
> humans. But what exactly does the Bible say? And what can science affirm?
> Was Adam the first human whom God created directly from nothing or was
> humanity, as the OT suggested, 'made' from preexisting materiel? Were there
> more than one type of humans? What of the 'others' of Gen. 6? Were the
> Neanderthals and the Hobbits of Indonesia different human species? In this
> murky world of making sense of deep history, we find significant convergence
> between divine disclosure and scientific discovery. To purchase the
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Received on Wed Jan 21 09:27:39 2009