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Open Theology & Science Seminar


If you have any questions about the schedule, or would like to attend any of the the lectures or debates, contact Dan Messier at 617-847-5929 or daniel.a.messier@gmail.com

Sunday, June 17th

Participants arrive

Monday, June 18th
8:30 a.m. John Sanders: "Open Theology: Its History and Diversity"

Tuesday, June 19th
8:30 a.m. Thomas Flint: "Similarities and Differences Between Open Theism and 'Classical' Theism"
10:45 a.m. Thomas Jay Oord: "Similarities and Differences Between Open Theology and Process Thought"
7:00 p.m. "Does God Know the Future?" Philosophical Debate between Thomas Flint and William Hasker (free public debate)

Wednesday, June 20th
8:30 a.m. Phil Clayton: "Where It All Begins: Cosmology, Creation, and Open Theism"

Thursday, June 21st
8:30 a.m. Howard Van Till: "Cosmology and Theology: Dialogue or Debate?"
7:00 p.m. Clark Pinnock: "Open Theology: A Project of Love" (free public lecture)

Friday, June 22nd
8:30 a.m. Robert Mann: "Time and Eternity (A Physicist's Perspective)"


Monday, June 25th
9:00 a.m. Ross Stein: "Chemical Systems and the Emergence of Bio-Complexity: Philosophical and Theological Musings of a Chemist" (at the Concord Museum)
11:00 a.m. Concord Museum Tour
1:00 p.m. Richard Higgins: "Emerson's Quest for a Unified Theory of God"

Tuesday, June 26th
8:30 a.m. Jeff Schloss: "The Contingency-Inevitability Debates in Evolutionary Theory: Implications for Open Theology"
7:00 p.m. "Does God Know the Future?" Biblical Debate between Karen Winslow and Randall Tan (free public debate)

Wednesday, June 27th
8:30 a.m. Session for participants on writing projects

Thursday, June 28th
8:30 a.m. Ken Miller: "Biology, Openness, and Intelligent Design"
7:00 p.m. Ken Miller, Anna Case Winters, and Karl Giberson: "God, Darwin, & Design: The Struggle for America's Soul" (free public lecture)

Friday, June 29th
8:30 a.m. John Haught: "God, Evolution, and the Promise of Nature"


Monday, July 2nd
8:30 a.m. Warren Brown: "Human Relationality and Social Neuroscience: Implications for Theology"

Tuesday, July 3rd
8:30 a.m. Everett Worthington: "Forgiveness and Love Between God and Humans"
7:00 p.m. "Does God Know the Future?" Theological Debate between John Sanders and John Jefferson Davis (free public debate)

Wednesday, July 4th
8:30 a.m. William Hasker: "Mind-Body Issues"

Thursday, July 5th
8:30 a.m. Participants' Small-Group Criticism and Publishing Discussion

Friday, July 6th
8:30 a.m. John Polkinghorne: "God, Time, and Causality"
6:00 p.m. Banquet featuring remarks from John Polkinghorne: "The Promise of Open Theology" (public lecture, cost: $25, email daniel.a.messier@gmail.com by June 25th)


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