Apologies for cross-posting. The following courses may be of interest to 
list members.

The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion is an academic research 
enterprise based at St Edmund's College, Cambridge. The Faraday 
Institute offers informed and intellectually rigorous courses on the 
relationship between science and religion, delivered by speakers eminent 
in their own discipline and in this inter-disciplinary field.
Post-doc and student fees are heavily discounted and bursaries are 
available for those from low-income countries.


Forthcoming courses are as follows:

Summer Course no. 1: 16-29 July 2006, St Edmund's College, Cambridge

This course will be organised as two one-week Units; delegates may 
attend either or both weeks. The first week is designed for scientists 
and looks at some of the big questions in the science-religion debate, 
including focused days on the anthropic principle, evolution, 
mind/brain, how science and religion may relate, and ethical issues in 
the application of science. The second week focuses in more depth on the 
history and philosophy of science and religion, for example looking at 
how knowledge in each sphere is justified, and how God might act in a 
world described by scientific laws.

Week 1, 16-22 July: ‘The Big Questions in Science and Religion’

Week 2, 23-29 July: ‘Science, Philosophy and Theology’

Speakers include: Prof .George Ellis, Prof. Simon Conway Morris FRS, 
Prof. John Bryant, Revd Dr John Polkinghorne KBE FRS, Prof. Gareth 
Jones, Prof. Jeff Schloss, Prof. Colin Humphreys, Prof. Roger Trigg, 
Prof Ernan McMullin, Prof. Mikael Stenmark, Prof. David Lindberg, Prof. 
Peter Harrison.


Short course no.2: Science, Faith and Society
22-24 September 2006, Westminster College, Cambridge

This course will be of interest to all those concerned with the way that 
the ethical implications of scientific discoveries, as well as the 
handling of science and religion more specifically, are handled by the 
media, by government, and in education, thereby shaping public 
perceptions of both science, ethics and religion. The course will be of 
particular interest to scientists concerned with the public 
understanding of science, to those in the media involved in 
communicating science and/or religion, to teachers and all involved in 
education, to those in government involved in shaping policy, and to all 
members of the general public who have an interest in the way science 
and faith interact in society.

Speakers include: Prof. Sir John Houghton FRS, Dr David Cook, Dr Peter 
Moore, Prof. Michael Banner.


For more details, including eligibility, application forms and details 
about discounts and bursaries, visit www.faraday-institute.org.

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