Exploratory Group Discussion Topics
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Occasional Seminar or Lectures
In God We Trust? Coming to terms with the shift to the so-called “anthropocene”.
How does one even begin to make sense of this given the shift from the Holocene to the “Anthropocene”?
“That’s Life!” Conversations in Science and Theology
“That’s Life!” Conversations in Science and Theology
God and a World of Natural Evil: Theology and Science in Hard Conversation
Boyle Lecture on Science and Religion, 2022
Freedom Conference
The NZCIS Conference on Freedom was postponed twice due to Covid restrictions, and happened on 11-12 February 2022. Topic: ‘Freedom in Theology, Science and Culture‘.
Education, Science and Faith Seminar: March 2021
A summary, as well as other notes and slides from the seminar are available to view below:
Teaching Science ...
Boyle Lecture 2021: Prof. Tom McLeish
Topic: “The Rediscovery of Contemplation Through Science”
Are Animals Persons: Implications for Domestication and Farming
Webinar/Conversation co-hosted by NZCIS and The Center for Theology and Public Issues. Are animals persons? with Prof. Celia Deane-Drummond, Oxford.
Where’s God in a Pandemic?
Webinar/Conversation hosted by St Barnabas, Fendalton. Where’s God in a Pandemic? with Dr. Nicola Hoggard Creegan.