the Zygon
Center for Religion and Science
Presents:
The Epic of Creation
Scientific, Biblical, and Theological Perspectives on Our Origins
Monday
Evenings, 7:00 – 10:00 pm
February 2 –
May 3, 2004
Lutheran
School of Theology at Chicago, Common Room 3rd Floor
The Meaning of the Creation Stories
February 2 (7:00 pm) A Scientist's Perspective [Gayle Woloschak, molecular biology, NU/ZCRS]
February 2 (8:30 pm) A Theologian's Perspective [Antje Jackelén, theology, ZCRS/LSTC]
February 9 (7:00 pm) The Origin of It All [Rocky Kolb, cosmology, UC]
February 9 (8:30 pm) The Ongoing Creation of Stars, Planets, and Possibly, Life [Donald York, cosmology, UC]
February 16 (7:00 pm) The Origin of Life [Tanja Paunesku, radiology, NU]
February 16 (8:30 pm) The Origin of Multicellular Life [Gayle Woloschak]
February 23 (7:00 pm) Brain Evolution [Philip Ulinski, neurobiology, UC]
February 23 (8:30 pm) Biological Evolution from the Cambrian Explosion to the Appearance of Higher Primates [James Hopson, biology, UC, (emeritus)]
March 1 (7:00 pm) From Miocene Apes to Modern Humans: An Overview of the Fossil Record of Human Evolution [Fred Smith, anthropology, LUC]
March 1 (8:30 pm) The Evolution of Human Emotions [Nancy Stein, human development, UC]
March 8 (7:00 pm) Cosmic History: Chance, Law, and Design [Ian Barbour, physics/theology, CC (emeritus)]
March 8 (8:30 pm) The Evolution of Language [Salikoko S. Mufwene, linguistics, UC]
March 15 {no lectures}
March 22 (7:00 pm) Precursors of Human Behavior and Culture as Revealed by Studies of Primates [Paul Heltne, primatology, CAS]
March 22 (8:30 pm) The Evolution of Culture and the Capacity for Culture in the Human Descent Line [William Irons, anthropology, NU]
III. The Biblical Story of
Creation
The Old Testament Story
March 29 (7:00 pm) The Ancient Near-Eastern Context for Hebrew Ideas of Creation [Esther Menn, Old Testament, LSTC]
March 29 (8:30 pm) Old Testament Views of the World's Beginnings [Theodore Hiebert, Old Testament, MTS]
April 5 (7:00 pm) The Greco-Roman Context for New Testament Ideas of Cosmogony and Cosmography [Edgar Krentz, New testament, LSTC (emeritus)]
April 5 (8:30 pm) Creation in the New Testament I [Edgar Krentz]
April 12 (7:00 pm) Creation in the New Testament II: Luke and Acts [Robert Brawley, New Testament, MTS]
April 12 (8:30 pm) God Working in the Epic of Creation [Karl Peters, religion and philosophy, RC (emeritus)/ZCRS]
April 19 (7:00 pm) Reconstructing a Christian Theology of Nature: Prerequisites and False Starts [Anna Case-Winters, theology, MTS]
April 19 (8:30 pm) The Epic of Creation and Interfaith Dialogue: James Moore, theology, VU/ZCRS]
April 26 (7:00 pm) Christ and the Cosmos [Zachary Hayes O.F.M., theology, CTU]
April 26 (8:30 pm) Interpreting Salvation as Part of the Epic of Creation [Richard Busse, theology, ZCRS]
May 3 (7:00 pm) The Epic of Creation — What Does It Mean? [Philip Hefner, theology, ZCRS/LSTC (emeritus)]
May 3 (8:30 pm) Where is the Future of the Epic of Creation? [Antje Jackelén; Gayle Woloschak]
Institutional affiliations are: CAS, Chicago Academy of Science; CTU, Catholic Theological Union; LSTC, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago; LUC, Loyola University of Chicago; MTS, McCormick Theological Seminary; NU, Northwestern University; RC, Rollins College; UC, University of Chicago; VU, Valparaiso University; ZCRS, Zygon Center for Religion and Science.
For more information about ZCRS or the Epic of Creation, please contact us at 773-256-0670 or [email protected]