{"64147":{"#nid":"64147","#data":{"type":"event","title":"2011 Landiss Lecture Series","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Wesley Foundation at Georgia Tech sponsors the 2011 Landiss Lecture Series: \u0022The Wonder of It\u0026nbsp;All: The Bible, Creation, and Science.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ELecture 3 - \u0022The Garden Community: The Origin of Life\u0022\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the speaker:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis lecture series features Dr. William P. (Bill) Brown, Professor of Old Testament, Columbia Theological Seminary, and author of the book, \u0022The Seven Pillars of Creation: The Bible, Science, and the Ecology of Wonder.\u0022 \u0026nbsp;In the book, Dr. Brown seeks to illuminate both connections and conflicts between the ancient creation traditions and the natural sciences.  In so doing, he argues for a new way of reading the Bible in light of current scientific knowledge and with consideration of the needs of the environment.  Dr. Brown claims that both scientific inquiry and theological reflection are driven by a sense of wonder, which, in his words, \u0022unites the scientist and the psalmist.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Brown will deliver a total of five lectures.  The first four take place on Tuesday afternoons, and focus on the seven texts that Dr. Brown discusses in his book.  The fifth lecture happens on a Tuesday evening, during which he will discuss what insights the ancient biblical texts have for us in terms of our understanding of, and responsibility to, the environment in our modern context.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe public is invited to all lectures.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the lecture series:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Landiss Lecture Series was created in memory of Charles William \u201cBill\u201d Landiss, director of the Wesley Foundation at Georgia Tech from 1962 to 1996.  For 34 years, Bill\u2019s vision for the Wesley Foundation was that it be a community on the Georgia Tech campus dedicated to \u201casking the value question in science and technology.\u201d  This lecture series was created to continue his legacy of critical and thoughtful inquiry.  Previous speakers include authors J. Philip Wogaman (\u0022Making Moral Decisions\u0022), Huston Smith (\u0022Why Religion Matters\u0022), Marva Dawn (\u0022Unfettered Hope\u0022), Harvey Cox (\u0022When Jesus Came to Harvard\u0022), and Stephen Prothero (\u0022Religious Literacy\u0022).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information, please email \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:wesley@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ewesley@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis lecture series features Dr. William P. (Bill) Brown, Professor of Old Testament, Columbia Theological Seminary, and author of the book \u0022The Seven Pillars of Creation: The Bible, Science, and the Ecology of Wonder\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"\u0022The Wonder of It All: The Bible, Creation, and Science\u0022"}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2011-02-08 18:25:10","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:54:05","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2011-03-01T14:30:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2011-03-01T16:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2011-03-01T16:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2011-03-01 19:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2011-03-01 21:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2011-03-01 21:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:steven.fazenbaker@vpss.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESteve Fazenbaker\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWesley Foundation\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-892-6317\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}