Past Lectures and Speakers (publication, if available)

Some of our past lectures are on DVD in seminary libraries.  They can be ordered Inter-Library Loan.  See a complete list here.

February, 2003.  Jitse van der Meer.  Religious Interpretations of Nature in the Biology of Theodosius Dobzhansky
    Related publications:
        Article on Dobzhansky by Dr. Van der Meer in a forthcoming science and religion encyclopedia edited by Nicolaas Rupke (University of Goettingen)

April, 2003.  Philip Clayton.  A Theology of Emergence: Contemporary Science and the Doctrine of God.
    Related publications:
        "Emerging God," Christian Century 121/1 (Jan. 13, 2004), 26-30.
        The Emergence of Spirit: From Quantum to Culture.  (Oxford Univ. Pr., 2004).

 See also:
        God and Contemporary Science (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997)
        The Problem of God in Modern Thought (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000).

October, 2003  Ian Barbour.   Cosmic History: Law, Chance or Design?
Related publications:
    Dr. Barbour has not yet published this lecture in article form.  The main ideas can be found in two of his recent books:
        When Science Meets Religion (HarperSanFrancisco, 2000)
        Nature, Human Nature and God (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2002).

2004-2005 Biology, Ethics and Belief Lecture Series
    See the six-session DVD set, "Biology and Belief: Conversations in Faith and Science" (Luther Productions).

    Some publications from our speakers in this series, related to their lectures, include:
    V. Elving Anderson, On Behalf of God: A Christian Ethics for Biology (1995; with Bruce Reichenbach).
    John Haught, God after Darwin (2000); Deeper then Darwin (2003)
    Terry Nichols, The Sacred Cosmos (2004)
    Gregory Peterson, Minding God (2003).

2004-2005 Being Human: Questions from Science and Theology series

September, 2004.  Prof. F. LeRon Shults.  Philosophy, Science and the Human Spirit
    Dr. Shults later published a book which incorporates the ideas of this lecture.  It is Reforming Theological Anthropology (Eerdmans). This lecture is available in DVD format in the NCPST Lecture Library at Luther Seminary Library (order Inter-Library Loan).  Search the Luther Seminary Library.

October, 2004 .   Prof. J. Wentzel van Huyssteen.  Searching for Human Uniqueness.
    Prof. van Huyssteen's lecture will appear in the published version of his Gifford Lectures, forthcoming with Eerdmans.  This lecture is available in DVD format in the NCPST Lecture Library at Luther Seminary Library (order Inter-Library Loan).  Search the Luther Seminary Library.

December, 2004.  Dr. Mary Jo Kreitzer.  Medicine and Spirituality.
    Dr. Kreitzer recommends interested readers search the Web site of the Center of Spirituality and Healing, of which she is the Director, for more information on the topic of her lecture.  On the Web at www.csh.umn.edu.  This lecture is available in DVD format in the NCPST Lecture Library at Luther Seminary Library (order Inter-Library Loan).  Search the Luther Seminary Library.

January, 2005.  Prof. Noreen Herzfeld.  Does the Future Need Us?  Being Human in an Age of
                                                            Artificial Intelligence
    Related publications:    The lecture by Dr. Herzfeld is based upon her book, In our Image: Artificial Intelligence and the Human Spirit (Fortress Press, 2002).  This lecture is available in DVD format in the NCPST Lecture Library at Luther Seminary Library (order Inter-Library Loan).  Search the Luther Seminary Library.

Feburary, 2005.  Dr. Martinez Hewlett.  Evolution and the Human Spirit.
    Related publication: Ted Peters and Martinez Hewlett, Evolution from Creation to New Creation (Abingdon, 2002). This lecture is available in DVD format in the NCPST Lecture Library at Luther Seminary Library (order Inter-Library Loan).  Search the Luther Seminary Library.

March, 2005.  Dr. Steven Barr.  Humanity and the Deep Order of the Universe.
    Related publication: S. Barr, Ancient Faith and Modern Science (Notre Dame, 2001). This lecture is available in DVD format in the NCPST Lecture Library at Luther Seminary Library (order Inter-Library Loan).  Search the Luther Seminary Library.

May, 2005    Dr. Philip Rolnick    A Theology of the Person: Unifying Nature, Culture and Spirit.
    Related Publication: Dr. Rolnick has a forthcoming book on this topic, with the tentative title of A Theology of the Person.  This lecture is available in DVD format in the NCPST Lecture Library at Luther Seminary Library (order Inter-Library Loan).  Search the Luther Seminary Library.

2005-2006 Mind-Brain-Soul: Intersections in Science and Theology series

September, 2005.  Dr. Derek Jeffreys.  Countering Non-Reductive Physicalism: A Thomistic Defense of the Soul.
    Related publications: D. Jeffreys, "The Soul is Alive and Well," Theology and Science 2:2 (2004), 205-226; and his "A Counter-response to Nancey Murphy on Non-reductive Physicalism," Theology and Science 3:1 (2005), 84-87.

November, 2005.  Dr. Terence Nichols.  Is Freedom beyond Nature?
    Related publications: T. Nichols, The Sacred Cosmos (Brazos Pr., 2004).

February, 2006.  Dr. Charles Taliaferro.  Human Consciousness and the Mind of God
    Related publications: C. Taliaferro, Consciousness and the Mind of God (Cambridge Univ. Pr., 1994).

March, 2006.  Dr. Gregory Peterson.  The Science of the Brain: Implications for Theology.
    Related publications: Gregory Peterson, Minding God (Fortress Pr., 2003).

April, 2006.  Dr. William Hasker.  Unity of Soul, Unity of Consciousness. 
    Related publications: William Hasker, The Emergent Self (Cornell Univ. Pr., 1999); and his "Reply to My Friendly Critics," Philosophia Christi 2/2 (2000), 197-207 (from a larger forum devoted to Hasker's book).

Various lectures 2007 - 2009

October 2007.  Dr. Sjoerd Bonting.  Dealing with Creation: Scientifically and Theologically.
     Related publications: Creation and Double Chaos: Science and Theology in Discussion (Fortress Pr, 2005).