God and a World of Natural Evil: Theology and Science in Hard Conversation

Boyle Lecture on Science and Religion, 2022
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ISSR is proud to announce that the 2022 Boyle Lecture on Science and Religion will be given by Prof Christopher Southgate, Professor of Christian Theodicy at the University of Exeter, on the topic of “God and a World of Natural Evil: Theology and Science in Hard Conversation”.

More information HERE
The video is openly available via Youtube live-stream (no registration required) on the ISSR channel: HERE

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