Mondays, 4:10pm, in the Martin Hall unless otherwise stated All welcome. For enquiries, please contact Dr Bethany Sollereder: b.sollereder@ed.ac.uk. Semester 2: Spring 2024 Date Speaker Topic 22 January Dr Joanna Leidenhag (University of Leeds) “God, Language, and Diversity: Towards a Science-Engaged Theology of Spiritual Flourishing in Neurodiverse and Multilingual Communities”. Joint event with Theology & Ethics. Followed by a wine reception. Optional Event 24 January, 7pm Professor Michael Ravatsos Annual Lecture of the Albertus Institute “Thoughts on AI, Faith and Religious Experience” 5 February Dr Charles Pickles (University of Edinburgh) “Encountering divine creativity in the aesthetics of mathematical structures in physics.” 19 February Professor David Clough (University of Aberdeen) “Christian Ethics of Food Systems” 4 March Professor Basil Altaie (University of Leeds) “Islam and Natural Philosophy” 18 March Dr Simeon Xu (University of Edinburgh) “Can Artificial Intelligence Advise on the Imitation of Christ? Artificial Moral Advisors and the Christian Moral Life" 1 April Rev Dr Michael Fuller (University of Edinburgh) Book Launch Event: Science and Religion in Western Literature (Routledge 2023) Followed by a wine reception. Semester 1: Autumn 2023 Date Speaker Topic Wednesday 20 September Professor Jeremy Carrette Whole-School Research Event "The Concept of Faith" 2 October Professor Wilson Poon, Professor of Condensed Matter Physics, University of Edinburgh "Death: Where Science Meets Theology?" Followed by Drinks Reception 16 October Dr Bethany Sollereder, Lecturer in Science and Religion, University of Edinburgh "Is there Progress in Science or Theology?" 30 October Carolina Sanz, Doctoral Candidate, University of Ediburgh "The transhumanist's AI in conversation with the Radical Orthodoxy" 13 November Ach Fatayillah Mursyidi, Doctoral Candidate, University of Edinburgh "Islamic Reconciliation of Darwinian Evolution in Contemporary Indonesia" Tuesday 14 November Dr Zahra Ayubi, Associate Professor of Religion, Dartmouth University Gunning Lecture "Islam, Medical Ethics, and Gender" This event is a joint event with the Institute of Christian and Muslim Relation 27 November Dr Emily Qureshi-Hurst, Stipendiary Lecturer in Philosophy at Oriel College TBC Followed by Drinks Reception This article was published on 2024-03-19
