DVD’s of the Theological Meaning of Evolution conference are now available!

Send an email to Nicola at nhoggard(hyphen)creegan(at)laidlaw(dot)ac(dot)nz with your address.  Voluntary donations of $10 can be sent to Nicola at Laidlaw College, 80 Central Park Drive, Henderson.

A one-day Science & Faith conference – August 1.

Speakers and topics:

DALE CAMPBELL – Science & Faith: Key Issues
YAEL KLANGWISAN – Reading the book of Genesis
NICOLA HOGGARD CREEGAN – Evolution and Evil
MYK HABETS – A Scientific Theology
JEFF TALLON – Physics and Faith
MATT FLANNAGAN – Does Evolution Make Belief in God Untenable?
GRAEME FINLAY – The Glorious Ape
NEIL BROOM – Is there Transcendence in Nature?
GRAHAM O’BRIEN – Evolution & Purpose

Organised by TANSA…

Hosted by Northcote Baptist.

PDF flyer here.

Here is a PDF version of the powerpoint Yael Klangwisan used in her recent talk on Genesis on April 2, 2009.  Enjoy!

(tansa2april2009 – PDF)

TANSA will hold a meeting in Christchurch at Laidlaw College (BCNZ) on September 20th. Please click here to see the notice.

Evolution & Faith seminar was held at Laidlaw on 11th October

Papers and links to articles below.
Please click on the speaker’s name below.
Note: All papers are copyright to the author and reflect the views of the author and not Laidlaw College

Chair: Dr. David Williams, Head of the School of Counselling, Laidlaw College

Panelists:

Prof. Neil Broom, Professor of Materials Science, University of Auckland

Andrew Saunders, Deputy Principal, Selwyn College, Kohimarama, Auckland

Assoc. Prof. Peter Lineham, HOD of Social Sciences, Massey University, Auckland

Yael Klangwisan, Lecturer at MASTERS College, and PhD student.

Dr. John Owens SM, Lecturer in philosophy at Good Shepherd College, Ponsonby

Dr. Robert Mann, taught biochemistry and environmental science at the University of Auckland.

Dr. Nicola Hoggard Creegan, lecturer in theology at Laidlaw College.

Dr. Graeme Finlay, Senior Lecturer in Pathology, University of Auckland

The Seminar:

“Evolution may be a fact but it is in need of continuous interpretation.” – Simon Conway Morris

This half-day seminar will investigate in more detail how we reconcile evolution with faith, what the different philosophies or interpretations of evolution are, and whether newer understandings of evolution have significance for the dialogue between faith and science.

A panel of speakers will discuss these four questions:

1. What are the unspoken assumptions in neo-Darwinism?
2. Is there any theological doctrine which is threatened by evolutionary theory?
3. What does faith/theology have to contribute if anything to an evolutionary understanding?
4. Is Christianity ever dangerous as Dawkins has claimed?

Rupert Sheldrake – presented by Robert Mann

A dozen or more of us enjoyed Robert Mann’s spirited and ‘unashamedly polemical’ presentation of not only the ideas of Rupert Sheldrake, but also Mann’s reasons why Sheldrake is important.

Please use the comment feature below to share comments, questions and/or feedback from the lecture.  Or, if you weren’t able to attend, feel free to ask or comment on this topic.

Click here (right-click & ’save-as’) for a John Morton paper on Sheldrake (PDF)

Click here (updated version!!) for a Robert Mann Sheldrake-related paper ‘Causes in Biology’ (PDF)

Also, here are some Rupert Sheldrake resources from ’round the web…

http://www.sheldrake.org

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Sheldrake

‘The Extended Mind’ (Rupert Sheldrake – 2005 Paranormal Experimental Evidence – video)