Monday Evenings
7:00 - 10:00 pm
Sept. 11 - Dec. 4 2006
Zygon Center for Religion and Science Lectures at
The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, 1100 East 55th Street, Chicago,
IL 60615
Common Room (#350)
October 23 (7:00 PM) The Origin of It All [Edward Kolb, cosmology, UC]
September 11 (7:00 PM) The Origin of It All [Edward Kolb, cosmology, UC]
September 11 (8:30 PM) The Story of Creation from Hydrogen to the Earth [Donald York, astrophysics, UC]
September 18 (7:00 PM) Ecology and Evolution [Brooke Parry Hecht, CHN]
September 18 (8:30 PM) The Origin of Life [Tatjana Paunesku, radiology, NU]
September 25 (7:00 PM) Molecular Evolution/Evolution of the Body Plan [Gayle Woloschak, molecular biology, NU/ZCRS]
September 25 (8:30 PM) Biological
Evolution from the Cambrian Explosion to the Appearance of Higher Primates
[James
Hopson, biology, UC (emeritus)]
October 2 (7:00 PM) Brain Evolution [Philip Ulinski, neurobiology, UC]
October 2 (8:30 PM) From
Miocene Apes to Modern Humans, Part 2: The Radiation of Genus Homo and
the Origin of Modern Humans
[Fred
Smith, anthropology, LUC]
October 9 (7:00 PM) Precursors of Human Behavior and Culture as Revealed by Studies of Primates [Paul Heltne, primatology, CHN]
October 9 (8:30 PM) The
Evolution of Culture and the Capacity for Culture in the Human Descent Line
[William
Irons, anthropology, NU]
October 16 (7:00 PM) Universe Story/ies and Christian Theology: Some Hermeneutical Reflections [J. Matt Ashley, theology, UND]
October 16 (8:30 PM) Old Testament Views of the World's Beginnings [Theodore Hiebert, Old Testament, MTS]
October 23 (7:00 PM) Why We Believe What We Believe [Andrew Newberg, psychiatry, UP]
October 23 (8:30 PM) Creation and Wisdom (Proverbs and Psalms) [Esther Menn, Old Testament, LSTC]
Saturday,
October 28 Workshop 9 AM 12 PM for registered students only
October 30 (7:00 PM) The
Greco-Roman Context for New Testament Ideas of Cosmogony and Cosmography
[Edgar
Krentz, New testament, LSTC (emeritus)]
October 30 (8:30 PM) The New Testament on Creation [Edgar Krentz]
November 6 (7:00 PM) New Testament Views of Creation [Robert Brawley, New Testament, MTS]
November 6 (8:30 PM) The Ancient Near-Eastern Context for Hebrew Ideas of Creation [Bernard Batto, religion DU]
November 13 (7:00 PM) Maker of Heaven and Earth [Robert Cathey, MTS]
November 13 (8:30 PM) Social Dimension of the Epic [Richard Busse, theology, ZCRS]
November 20 "Thanksgiving Recess" --no lectures
November 27 (7:00 PM) Creation Theology and Science [Antje Jackelén, theology, ZCRS/LSTC]
November 27 (8:30 PM) Creation and Salvation [Karl Peters, religion and philosophy, RC (emeritus)/ZCRS]
Saturday, December 2 Workshop 9 AM 12 PM for registered students only
December 4 (7:00 PM) The Epic of Creation What Does It Mean? [Philip Hefner, theology, ZCRS/LSTC (emeritus)]
December 4 (8:30 PM) Panel Discussion