Creation and the Big Bang Thomas Davenport, OP Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) 28 April 2022 4:00 pm John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland Language: English Genesis 1 describes the creation of the world as occurring over seven orderly days while modern cosmology describes a chaotic 13.8 billion year journey since ... Read more
Does Science Leave Room for Free Will? Thomas Davenport, OP Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) 29 April 2022 6:00 pm Instytut Filozofii Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Kraków, Poland Language: English The tension between human freedom and natural order has troubled philosophers for millenia, but as contemporary science probes more deeply the fundamental workings of the ... Read more
Angelicum Thomistic Institute - Science & Religion Online Series Search for Alien Life in the Solar System: the Science and Theological Implications Jonathan Lunine Cornell University 17 May 2022 7:00 PM CEST (Rome) / 6:00 PM BST (London) / 1:00 PM EDT (New York City) Language: English Space technologies now make possible the search for ... Read more
Angelicum Thomistic Institute - Science & Religion Online Series Neuroimaging: What Can It Tell Us About Human Beings? Sofia Reimão University of Lisbon 07 June 2022 7:00 PM CEST (Rome) / 6:00 PM BST (London) / 1:00 PM EDT (New York City) Language: English Dr. Sofia Reimão obtained a master's degree in Philosophy from the ... Read more
Angelicum Thomistic Institute - Science & Religion Online Series Beyond Human: Transhumanism, Christianity, and the Challenge of the Future Ron Cole-Turner Pittsburgh Theological Seminary 12 October 2022 7:00 PM (Rome) / 6:00 PM (London) / 1:00 PM (New York) Language: English Human enhancement through technology is becoming commonplace, with many turning to biomedical advances not ... Read more
Angelicum Thomistic Institute - Science & Religion Online Series Moral Enhancement, the Virtues, and Transhumanism: Moving beyond Gene Editing Braden Molhoek Graduate Theological Union 15 November 2022 7:00 PM (Rome) / 6:00 PM (London) / 1:00 PM (New York) Language: English Click here to register.
Angelicum Thomistic Institute - Science & Religion Online Series The Religion of Technology: Transhumanism and the Myth of Progress Michael Burdett University of Nottingham Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion, University of Oxford 14 December 2022 7:00 PM (Rome) / 6:00 PM (London) / 1:00 PM (New York) Language: English In this presentation I ... Read more
Angelicum Thomistic Institute - Science & Religion Online Series Science in Transhumanism: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Arvin M. Gouw School of Divinity, University of Cambridge 18 January 2023 7:00 PM (Rome) / 6:00 PM (London) / 1:00 PM (New York) Language: English Transhumanism can incorporate good science, bad science, and the ugly ... Read more
New Heavens and a New Earth: Scientific and Theological Eschatology CALL FOR PAPERS Deadline: 30 January 2023 Conference Date: 10-11 March 2023 Language: English Theme of the Conference: Physical Eschatology Eschatology – theorising about the end of the world – has historically been the purview of theology and philosophy, in the same way that Cosmogony ... Read more
Angelicum Thomistic Institute - Science & Religion Online Series The Christian and the Transhumanist Desire for Transcendence: A Critical Evaluation Mariusz Tabaczek, OP Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas 8 February 2023 7:00 PM (Rome) / 6:00 PM (London) / 1:00 PM (New York) Language: English The utopian vision and messianic instinct of transhumanist and ... Read more
Modeling, Idealization, and Truth: A Dialogue between Contemporary Philosophy of Science and the Aristotelian Tradition 24-25 February 2023 Aula Minor, Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), Rome Language: English Click here to download the program Theme of the Conference: Philosophy of Science & Aristotelian Tradition A central theme within the philosophy of science is ... Read more
Beauty and Religiosity in Science 9 March 2023 Aula Minor, Angelicum Language: English Beauty and Science What role does beauty play in science? To address this question, this lecture draws on data from the world's first empirical study of the role of beauty in science, conducted in the UK, US, Italy, and India. After analyzing ... Read more
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