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Here are the links to the videos:
Introduction: Introduction for Dr. Howard Van Till
Speaker: Main presentation.
QA: Question and Answers
IS THE COSMOS ALL THERE IS? The quest for answers to big cosmological questions.
Dr. Howard J. Van Till is professor emeritus of physics and astronomy at Calvin College, as well as an alumnus. He earned his Ph.D. in physics from Michigan State University in 1965. Dr. Van Till's research experience includes both solid-state physics and millimeter-wave astronomy. Since 1980, he has devoted a considerable portion of his writing and speaking efforts to topics regarding the relationship of science and religion. Van Till's goal is to encourage a non-adversarial and mutually-informative engagement of Christian theology and the natural sciences. He is the author of several books, book chapters, and essays on this theme and has spoken at many universities and colleges around the country.
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Grand Dialogue in Science and Religion:
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Supporting institutions: Calvin College Calvin Seminary Catholic Information Center Interfaith Dialogue Association Western Theological Seminary |
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Special Events
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On Going Dialogue:
(Regularly scheduled events please note the starting and end dates)
Type of OnGoing Dialogue (e.g., book club, weekly presentations) Book club Description Each week we discussion chapters of a book. The book this year will be announced soon.
Contact Name Douglas Kindschi Contact Phone 616 - 331 - 5878 Contact Email kindschd@gvsu.ed Starting Date September 1, 2006 (if you want to join this group or need a book call Dr. Kindschi at 331 - 5878. Ending Date April 20, 2007 Dates and Times Every other week on Thursday afternoon, 6:00pm - 8:00pm Locations 308 Padnos Hall, GVSU, Allendale MI Driving directions Please contact me Parking Please contact me Name of sponsoring institution Grand Valley State University Other information Hope to see you there....
o Lectures & discussions
Christian Perspectives in Science
Seminar Series
Exploring interactions between Christian faith and scholarship in the natural & applied sciences.
http://www.calvin.edu/~lhaarsma/ChrPerspSciSeminarPage.html
Description: Lectures & discussions, approximately every other week, September – May.
Dates and Times: Usually Friday afternoons at 3:30 p.m. See above link for schedule.
Locations: Calvin College Science Building room 110 usually. (See link)
Driving directions: See Calvin's Visitor Resources web page. Park in the parking lot running along the west side of campus near the Science Building (look for the observatory dome on top.)
Contact: Loren Haarsma (616-526-8517)
Contact Email: lhaarsma@calvin.edu
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Featured: Dr. John F. Haught.
The video/audio links of the presentation are listed below:
(Note: You will need to install RealPlayer (www.realplayer.com) to view the video)
To view and hear the talk by John F. Haught - Click here
Questions and answers
session after the talk by John F. Haught - Click here
What is Grand Dialogue? An introduction by Dr. Kindschi - Click here
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NOTE: ONLY member institutions are allowed to use these forms and to post information
on this web site.
If a member institution wishes to submit a "special event" or "OnGoing
Dialogue" to be posted on this web page, send an email to: info@GrandDialogue.org
with the following downloaded information.
To submit: Create a word document that shows all the information that you want
posted AND fully formatted. That is, the word document that you send to GrandDialogue
is pasted to the web page directly. For help with this process please use the
following forms.
For On-Going Dialogue - Download the following: OnGoingDialogue.doc
For Special Event - Download the following: SpecialEvent.doc
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Grand Dialogue is supported by a grant to Grand Valley State
University from the Metanexus Institute with funds from the Templeton Foundation.
Grand Dialogue is an association of colleges, universities, and related organizations
exploring the relationship between science and religion.
This inter-institutional, inter-disciplinary, and inter-faith exploration seeks
to find positive ways of relating these two great ideas in a constructive dialogue.
Participating organizations each have their own unique perspectives, foci, message,
and intended audience. By cooperating, we affirm the willingness to be open
to various issues and perspectives in a spirit of mutual respect.
Questions about GrandDialogue: info@GrandDialogue.org
Problems with Web Page: info@GrandDialogue.org
Copyright 2005
Revised: 2006
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