Faith & Reason Honors Program

"Conversations about God"

LS 4002 - Fall 2008

In light of advances in our knowledge of the natural world, this seminar questions our understanding of the Divine, particularly in relation to atheism and agnosticism, and through a variety of scientific viewpoints. 

The faculty facilitator for this seminar is Rev. Peter Leonard, O.S.F.S., Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Biology & Dean of Graduate Studies).

The seminar meets on THURSDAY mornings, at 8:00am, in the conference room of the Hurd Science Center.

The primary text for the seminar is:  GOD for the 21st Century, edited by Russell Stannard (Philadelphia:  Templeton Foundation Press, 2000).  ISBN 1-890151039-4

"Just as modern science has revolutionized our understanding of the natural world, so can it expand our understanding of the Divine.  In topics as varied as astronomy and cosmology, evolution, genetic engineering, extraterrestrial life, psychology and religious experience, spirituality and medicine, and artificial intelligence, fifty key thinkers discuss the interrelationship between science and religion."  (from the back cover)

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