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)

I. The Scientific Story of Creation

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]

II. The Biblical Story of Creation

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]

III. Theological Reflections

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

IV. Epilogue

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