Open Theologians and Scientists Converge on Azusa Pacific University [Excerpts]
Some of the world's most respected scientists and theologians will come together for the opportunity to create a new direction of research in science-and-religion at the Open and Relational Theology Seminar. Events will be held Thursday, April 10 through Saturday, April 12, 2008 at Azusa Pacific University in Azusa, Calif. The three-day seminar will feature a series of lectures and debates on a number of topics--cosmology, biology and the human sciences--all designed to generate interest in the growing field of open theology and to further explore the relationship between science and religion.
Open theology takes the view that the future is open and that God does not fully know the details of what may actually happen. God and everything in the universe--animals and humans alike--can influence each other. This seminar serves as a follow-up to the Open Theology and Science Conference held at Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, Mass., in June 2007. Participants will present papers on open theology and science that were produced as a result of the foundations laid at last year's conference. Presenters include: Francis Collins, National Human Genome Research Project; John Sanders, Hendrix College; Anna Case-Winters, McCormack Theological Seminary; Clark Pinnock, McMaster Divinity College and Michael Lodahl, Point Loma Nazarene University.
The Open Theology and Science Conference is sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation. For a full list of participants and speakers, the conference schedule and a series of in-depth resources on open theology, visit www.enc.edu/opentheo.
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[TBC: Sponsorship by new-ager John Templeton’s foundation should be a clear warning. Numerous issues of The Berean Call address the anti-biblical stance of Mr. Templeton (http://www.thebereancall.org/node/5830). In addition, a December Q&A has addressed the heresy of Open Theology.]
