Science and Religion in Context | June 5 - 9, 2004
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Saturday, June 5, 2004 | Sunday, June 6, 2004
Monday, June 7, 2004 | Tuesday, June 8, 2004
Wednesday, June 9, 2004

SATURDAY, June 5, 2004
12:00 pm - 4:oo pm

Registration

5:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Reception and Buffet Dinner in Terrace

7:30pm - 10:00pm
Evening Plenary

"Something New Under the Sun"
Speaker: J.R. McNeill, Georgetown University
Moderator: George Fisher, Johns Hopkins University
Panel: Leigh English, Mary Evelyn Tucker

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SUNDAY, JUNE 6, 2004
7:00 am - 7:30 am Worship Opportunity
7:30 am - 8:45 am Breakfast in 1920 Commons
9:00 am - 10:30 am

Foundational Questions in the Natural Sciences
Moderator: Edward Devinney, Jr., Rutgers University
Panel: George F.R. Ellis, John Haught, Hyung Choi

10:30 am - 11:00 am Break in Terrace
11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Where to and Why: Discernment in the 21st Century
Moderator: William Grassie, Metanexus Institute
Panel: Ronald Cole-Turner, Paul Root Wolpe, V. V. Raman, Antje Jackélen

12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Lunch in 1920 Commons
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Spiritual Transformation and Health
Moderator: Solomon Katz, Metanexus Institute
Speaker: David Hufford, Penn State College of Medicine
Panel: Gail Ironson, Joan Koss-Chioino, Marc Micozzi, Philip Hefner,
             
Leonard M. Hummel, Ralph W. Hood, Jr.

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Break in Terrace
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Beyond the Ivory Tower—Bringing Science and Religion to your Community
Moderator: Andrew Rick-Miller, Metanexus Institute
Panel: James Miller, Frank Pennington, Andrew Petto, Craig Miller, T. D. Singh, Dennis Cheek

5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Dinner in 1920 Commons
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

“On Rationality, Emotion, Faith, and Hope: Being Human in a Scientific Age”
Speaker: George F. R. Ellis, 2004 Templeton Prize winner
Panel: V. V. Raman, Mary Ann Meyers, Mark Richardson

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MONDAY, JUNE 7, 2004
7:30 am - 8:45 am Breakfast in 1920 Commons
9:00am - 5:30pm
LSI Parallel Sessions
Room G17
Terrace
Gallery


9:00 am - 9:45 am

OPENING REMARKS
Dr. John M. Templeton, Jr.
John Templeton Foundation

   


9:45 am - 10:45 am

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
1. Hauenstein
2. Florio
3. Ramos / Castillo
4. Kalyabin
5. Chernyakov / Pecherskaya
6. Eric Klein (Penn Hillel)
7. Singh

HEALTH AND MEDITATION
1. Kristeller / Speranza [film]

10:45 am - 11:00am
Break in Terrace
11:00 am - 12:30am

PHIL/THEOL I
1. A. Smith
2. Montalvo
3. Rossano
4. Hess

PHYSICS/COSMOLOGY
1. Mann
2. Blazek / Csontos / Karaba
3. Kodacsy
4. Utke

ECONOMICS/SOCIAL ISSUES
1. Hergnyan
2. Turner
3. Kull

12:30 am - 2:00pm
Lunch in 1920 Commons
2:00 pm - 3:30pm

PHIL/THEOL II
1. Rao
2. Combs
3. Pave
4. Bauman

COSMOLOGY/EVOLUTION/BIOLOGY
1. Pavlenko
2. Majid
3. Duffy
4. Kalyabin

HEALTH AND HEALING
1. Tsai
2. Modell
3. Dailey/Leonard
4. Chirban

3:30 pm - 4:00pm
Break in Terrace
4:00 pm - 5:30pm

PHIL/THEOL III
1. Achtner
2. Alam
3. Markova
4. Naff

BIOLOGY/EVOLUTION
1. Singh
2. McPhate
3. Nielsen
4. Kather

ON SCIENCE AND RELIGION
1. Chandrankunnel
2. Arinin
3. Davis
4. Sheth

5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Dinner in 1920 Commons
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

"Human Origins and Religious Awareness: on Human Uniqueness in Theology and Science"
Speaker: J. Wentzel van Huyssteen
Panel: Philip Hefner, Solomon Katz, Joan Koss-Chioino, Paul Wason

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TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 2004
7:30 am - 8:45 am Breakfast in 1920 Commons
9:00am - 5:30pm
LSI Parallel Sessions
Room G17
Terrace


9:00 am - 10:30 pm

LSI PLENARY CAUCUS I

 
10:45 am - 11:00am
Break in Terrace
11:00 am - 12:30am

MEDIA
1. Pandikattu
2. Mann
3. Herzfeld
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Promoting Science and Religion Dialogue:
Pamela Thompson
John Templeton Foundation

FINANCE
"Finance and Philanthropy"
Carol Miller, Andrea Blane, and Patricia Franklin
John Templeton Foundation

12:30 am - 2:00pm
Lunch in 1920 Commons
2:00 pm - 3:30pm

TECHNOLOGY
1. Metzler / Beyers / Goulden
2. Montalvo
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Metanexus Perspectives:
Grassie/Witcoski/Hansell

 

3:30 pm - 3:45pm
Break in Terrace
3:45 pm - 5:30pm

LSI PLENARY CAUCUS II

 

5:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Closing Banquet in 1920 Commons
Local Societies Initiative $10,000 Supplemental Grant Awards Ceremony

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Wednesday, JUNE 9, 2004
7:30 am - 8:45 am

Breakfast in 1920 Commons

All-Day

Departure

9:00am - 5:00pm

Metanexus Board Meeting

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