LSI Forum
LSI Forum

USF Forum
for Conversations in Theology & Science

The University of Sioux Falls Forum for Conversations in Theology and Science is made possible through a grant from the Metanexus Institute and the generosity of Dr. and Mrs. Bob and Betty Jo Roberts. It is dedicated to furthering conversation on the interchange between theology and science among USF faculty, students, and members of neighboring academic, religious, and scientific communities. Monthly presentations and discussions of selected readings are open to the public and meant to foster dialogue and understanding on such matters as consciousness and the soul, cosmology, evolution and human origins, medicine and healthcare, and other issues pertinent to the relationship between theology and the natural sciences.

The annual theme for the 200-2010 year is Theology and the Self.  Some topics incorporate discussions from the social sciences and psychology. The Spring USF Theology and Science Conference featured lecturer will be the distinguished author Dr. Paul Vitz. Details are provided in the schedule below.  The forum meets on the University of Sioux Falls campus in Zbornik Hall of the Salsbury Science Center.

Schedule of Topics:
Theology and the Self

• September 28, 2009 – 7:30 p.m.
Introduction to the Year
To Each his Own: The Critical Role
of Personality in Spiritual Formation
Dr. John Lierman
University of Sioux Falls

• October 19, 2009– 7:30 p.m.
Wild at Heart? Biological Essentialism
and the Quest for (Christian) Manhood
Mr. Nathan Hitchcock
University of Edinburgh

• November 16, 2009 – 7:30 p.m.
Spirituality and the Therapeutic
Encounter
Dr. Gretchen Hoffman
University of Sioux Falls

• December 7, 2009 – 7:30 p.m.
Psychology and Christian Perspectives
on the Self
Dr. Anne Zell
Augustana College

• February 22, 2010 – 7:30 p.m.
Psychology and Christian Character
Dr. Mike Grevlos
University of Sioux Falls

• March 22, 2010 – 7:30 p.m.
USF Theology and Science Conference:
Psychology in Recovery
Dr. Paul Vitz
New York University

• March 23, 2010 – 10:00 a.m.
USF Chapel featuring Dr. Paul Vitz

• April 19, 2010– 7:30 p.m.
The Neuron-Driven Life: Brain,
Self, and Society
Dr. Kirby Wilcoxson
University of Sioux Falls


For more information,
please contact:

Dr. Dennis Roark
University of Sioux Falls
1101 W. 22nd St.
Sioux Falls, SD 57105
605-331-5000
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