Science and Religion: An Examination

Unless otherwise noted, all Colloquia will be held at 4:00 p.m. in the Kyle Morrow Room, Fondren Library. A wine and cheese reception will follow each event.

Lectures not recorded, no videos available.

Fall 2018 Lecture Schedule

• Tuesday, 15 September 1998

Laurence McCullough
Professor at Baylor College of Medicine, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy
"Toward a Theodicy for Molecular Medicine"

• Tuesday, 13 October 1998

Elias Bongmba
Rice
"Life on the Boundaries: Magic, Witchcraft, and Science in Africa"

• Tuesday, 10 November 1998

John Stroup
Harry and Hazel Chavanne Professor of Religious Studies
"Science and New Age Spirituality: Mind over Matter in the Academy"

• Tuesday, 8 December 1998

Ernan McMullin
John Cardinal O'Hara Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Notre Dame University
"Science and Scripture: Galileo and After"

Spring 1999 Lecture Schedule

• Tuesday, 19 January 1999

Baruch Brody
Professor, Rice University Department of Philosophy
Director, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine
"Science and Judaism"

• Tuesday, 16 February 1999

Ronald L. Numbers
Professor, History of Medicine
University of Wisconsin
"Science, Scripture, and Salvation in Evangelical America"

• Tuesday, 23 February 1999 - Bochner Lecture

8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Duncan Hall Auditorium
Francisco J. Ayala
Donald Bren Professor of Biological Science
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of California
"So Human an Animal: Evolution, Culture, Ethics"

• Tuesday, 16 March 1999

David Hess
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
"Religion, Alternative Medicine, and Questions of Public Interest"

• Tuesday, 30 March 1999

Anne Klein
Professor of Religious Studies, Rice University
"Tibetan Medicine"