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"God, Nature and Design: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives," Conference of the Ian Ramsey Centre Oxford
Date:
July 10 2008

Location:
Oxford, UK


GOD, NATURE AND DESIGN
Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

July 10th - 13th 2008
St Anne's College, Oxford

The Ian Ramsey Centre's annual international Oxford conference will take place in July 2008. Details can be found on our main Conference page, at http://users.ox.ac.uk/~theo0038/Conferenceinfo/General.html

SPEAKERS
John Hedley Brooke
Ron Numbers
Michael Ruse
Holmes Rolston, III
Stephen Snobelen
Richard Swinburne

Information about the speakers can be found on our Conference 2008 Speakers page, at http://users.ox.ac.uk/~theo0038/Conferenceinfo/Speakers.htm .


CONTRIBUTED PAPERS
In addition to invited speakers we are offering the opportunity for contributed papers by conference participants.Papers should fall within the conference theme, broadly conceived. Possible topics include the argument from design in its historical or contemporary forms, divine activity in nature, debates about intelligent design, fine-tuning arguments, the implications of evolutionary thought for theistic interpretations of nature.

Please see our Call for Papers page,at http://users.ox.ac.uk/~theo0038/Conferenceinfo/Callforpapers.htm .

BOOKING
Details are now available at http://users.ox.ac.uk/~theo0038/Conferenceinfo/booking.htm , and secure online credit card bookings can be made here: http://www.oxforduniversityshops.co.uk/store/shop/products.asp?func=prodvar&compid=1&deptid=19&prodtypeid=4&prodID=3 .
NB - A few double rooms will also be available, and details of these will be posted in the near future. If you have any queries about matters to do with booking, please contact us (ian-ramsey-centre@theology.ox.ac.uk ).
NB Early booking discounts apply before May 30th.

FURTHER DETAILS
of the conference, with regular updates, can be found at http://users.ox.ac.uk/~theo0038/Conferenceinfo/General.html . A full programme will be posted in due course.

QUERIES
can be addressed to
1) The Conference Director, Professor Peter Harrison (Andreos Idreos Professor of Science and Religion and Director of the Ian Ramsey Centre) at peter.harrison@theology.ox.ac.uk
or to
2) The Co-Director, Dr Mike Parsons at mike.parsons@theology.ox.ac.uk

Ian Ramsey Centre,
11 Bevington Road
Oxford OX2 6NB, U.K.
Tel: +44 (0) 1865 274548
Fax: +44 (0) 1865 274717
Email: ian-ramsey-centre@theology.ox.ac.uk
IRC website: http://www.ianramseycentre.org/
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