A lecture series sponsored by the Zygon Center for Religion and Science
Monday Nights, 7:00 – 10:00
pm
September 12 – December 5,
2005
Contact: David Glover for further information, [email protected]
For Information about the Zygon Center, contact [email protected]
September 12 (7:00 PM): The Universe in the Context of Physics—Details to Follow [Donald York, astrophysics, UC]
September 12 (8:30 PM): The Origin of Life [Tanja Paunesku, radiology, NU]
September 19 (7:00 PM): The Ongoing Creation of Stars, Planets, and Possibly, Life [Grace Wolf-Chase, astrophysics, Adler/UC]
September 19 (8:30 PM): The Origin of It All [Edward Kolb, cosmology, UC]
September 26 (7:00 PM): Molecular Evolution [Gayle Woloschak, molecular biology, NU/ZCRS]
September 26 (8:30 PM): From Miocene Apes to Modern Humans, Part 1: Human Emergence [Fred Smith, anthropology, LUC]
October 3 (7:00 PM): Brain Evolution [Philip Ulinski, neurobiology, UC]
October 3 (8:30 PM): Biological Evolution from the Cambrian Explosion to the Appearance of Higher Primates [James Hopson, biology, UC (emeritus)]
Saturday Oct. 8 (9
AM—noon): Epic Workshop for registered students
October 10 (7:00 PM): Precursors of Human Behavior and Culture as Revealed by Studies of Primates [Paul Heltne, primatology, CAS]
October 10 (8:30 PM): The Evolution of Culture and the Capacity for Culture in the Human Descent Line [William Irons, anthropology, NU]
October 17 (7:00 PM): The Ancient Near-Eastern Context for Hebrew Ideas of Creation [Bernard Batto, religion, DU]
October 17 (8:30 PM): Old Testament Views of the World’s Beginnings [Theodore Hiebert, Old Testament, MTS]
October 24 (7:00 PM): Creation and Wisdom (Proverbs and Psalms) [Esther Menn, Old Testament, LSTC]
October 24 (8:30 PM): New Testament Views of Creation [Robert Brawley, New Testament, MTS]
October 31 (7:00 PM): The Greco-Roman Context for New Testament Ideas of Cosmogony and Cosmography [Edgar Krentz, New testament, LSTC (emeritus)]
October 31 (8:30 PM): The New Testament on Creation [Edgar Krentz]
November 7 (7:00 PM): Reconstructing a Christian Theology of Nature: Prerequisites and False Starts [Anna Case-Winters, theology, MTS]
November 7 (8:30 PM): Christ and the Cosmos [Zachary Hayes O.F.M., theology, CTU]
November 14 (7:00 PM): Creation and Salvation [Karl Peters, religion and philosophy, RC (emeritus)/ZCRS]
November 14 (8:30 PM): The Epic of Creation and Interfaith Dialogue: James Moore, theology, VU/ZCRS]
November 21 (7:00 PM): “Thanksgiving Recess”—no lectures
November 28 (7:00 PM): Creation Theology and Science [Antje Jackelén, theology, ZCRS/LSTC]
November 28 (8:30 PM): Social Dimension of the Epic [Richard Busse, theology, ZCRS]
Saturday Dec. 3 (9 AM—noon): Epic Workshop for registered students
December 5 (7:00 PM): The Epic of Creation—What Does It Mean? [Philip Hefner, theology, ZCRS/LSTC (emeritus)]
December 5 (8:30 PM): Panel Discussion
Institutional
affiliations are: Adler Planetarium, Chicago Academy of Science, Catholic
Theological Union, DePauw University, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago,
Loyola University of Chicago, McCormick Theological Seminary, Northwestern
University, Rollins College, University of Chicago, Valparaiso University,
Zygon Center for Religion and Science.