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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 2008-2009 year is Christian Faith and Biology. Our featured keynote guest speaker will be Dr. Darrel Falk of Point Loma Nazarene University, who will join us for classes, chapel, and of course his keynote address when he visits USF in December. 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:
Christian Faith and Biology
• October 6, 2008 – 7:30 p.m.
Introduction to the Year
A Soul: Did St. Paul Think He Had One?
Dr. John Lierman
University of Sioux Falls
• October 20, 2008 – 7:30 p.m.
Evolution: The Scientific Argument
Dr. Pat Tille
University of Sioux Falls
• November 17, 2008 – 7:30 p.m.
Evolution: Biblical Considerations
Dr. John Hiigel
University of Sioux Falls
• December 8, 2008 – 7:30 p.m.
USF Theology and Science Conference
Coming to Peace
with the Gradual Creation of Humans
Dr. Darrel Falk
Author of Coming to Peace with Science:
Bridging the Worlds Between Faith and Biology
Point Loma Nazarene University
• February 23, 2009 – 7:30 p.m.
Daniel Dennett:
Naturalism and Philosophical Theology
Dr. David O'Hara
Augustana College
• March 16, 2009 – 7:30 p.m.
Is the Theory of Evolution Compatible
with a Biblical Worldview?
Dr. Michael Wanous
Augustana College
• April 20, 2009 – 7:30 p.m.
What Hath the God of Thunder To Do
with the God of Abraham?:
Questions from the Anthropology of Religion
USF Theology and Science Symposium
hosted by students from the
University of Sioux Falls
For more information,
please contact:
Dr. Kimlyn J. Bender
or
Dr. Dennis Roark
University of Sioux Falls
1101 W. 22nd St.
Sioux Falls, SD 57105
605-331-5000
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What We're Reading:
Darrel Falk, Coming to Peace with Science:
Bridging the Worlds Between Faith and
Biology (IVP, 2004).
Francis Collins, The Language of God:
A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief
(Free Press, 2006).
Daniel Dennett, Breaking the Spell:
Religion as a Natural Phenomenon
(Penguin, 2006).
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