Multimedia resources from Faraday lectures, courses, discussions and research seminars. Please note that the views expressed are those of the speakers and do not necessarily represent the views of The Faraday Institute
Talk given by Revd Dr Rodney Holder at SC30 Ordinands course January 2015
| Title | Speaker(s) | Context | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Are Doctrines Empirically Verifiable? Theology, Theory, and the Human Sciences | Prof. Simeon Zahl | Seminar | May 29, 2025 |
| The Anatomy of Unbelief: Rethinking the Scientific Approaches to Nonreligion | Dr Mari van Emmerik | Seminar | May 4, 2023 |
| Global Perspectives on Science and Christianity | Dr Mike Brownnutt | Course | March 30, 2023 |
| Moving Away from the Shallow End: Attitudes to Science and Religion in the UK today | Dr Nick Spencer | Course | March 30, 2023 |
| Science, Spirituality and the Problem of Evil | Rupert Shortt | Seminar | February 9, 2023 |
| From NOMA to POMA: the case for overlapping magisteria | Dr Nick Spencer | Seminar | December 20, 2022 |
| The Quranic Notion of the Soul and Its Place in Science and Psychology | Dr Mehdi Nassaji | Seminar | December 1, 2022 |
| Randomness in Philosophy and Theology | Dr Yves Gaspar | Seminar | June 16, 2022 |
| Science – Beauty – Theology: A Virtuous or Vicious Trinity? | Prof. Tom McLeish FRS | Lecture | May 26, 2022 |
| Cognitive Science and Religious Faith: What (if anything) should Christian Theology learn from the Cognitive Science of Religion | Prof. Neil Messer | Seminar | February 25, 2022 |
| Worshipping God with Science (Introduction) | Dr Ruth Bancewicz | Course | January 28, 2022 |
| Being a Christian in Science | Prof. Paul Ewart | Course | January 28, 2022 |
| Teaching and learning of science and religion in schools: Perspectives from research on argumentation | Prof. Sibel Erduran | Seminar | November 17, 2021 |
| The Place of Science Among the Sources of Theology | Dr Joanna Leidenhag | Seminar | November 17, 2021 |
| Plagues and Pandemics: Perspectives from Science and Faith | Revd Dr Roger Abbott, Prof. Bob White FRS | Discussion | March 30, 2021 |
| Equipping the Church to Engage with Science | Dr Ruth Bancewicz | Course | January 8, 2021 |
| ‘I think therefore I am’? Dementia and Human Identity | Revd Dr Joanna Collicutt | Course | July 2, 2020 |
| Neuroscience and Human Identity | Dr Sharon Dirckx | Course | July 2, 2020 |
| Does Evolutionary Anthropology Show That Humans Are Distinctive? | Dr Cara Wall-Scheffler | Course | July 1, 2020 |
| Does The Evolutionary Narrative Tend To Support Theism? | Prof. Simon Conway Morris FRS | Course | July 1, 2020 |
| Understanding Adam and Eve and the Fall | Prof. John Walton | Course | June 30, 2020 |
| Understanding Genesis – Insights From The Study Of Ancient Near-East Cultures | Prof. John Walton | Course | June 30, 2020 |
| Making Sense Of Randomness In The Physical World | Prof. Russell Cowburn FRS | Course | June 30, 2020 |
| A Theology Of Science | Prof. Tom McLeish FRS | Course | June 29, 2020 |
| How Do We Know What We Know In Science and Religion? | Prof. Roger Trigg | Course | June 29, 2020 |
| Science and Religion – Two Disciplines, One Reality | Prof. René van Woudenberg | Course | June 29, 2020 |
| Worshipping God with Science | Dr Ruth Bancewicz | Talk | January 10, 2020 |
| Presenting Life’s Big Questions To Children and Young People | Steph Bryant | Course | July 3, 2019 |
| Openness and Deference: The role of awe in scientific and religious practice | Dr Helen De Cruz | Seminar | May 14, 2019 |
| Human Identity in a Scientific World | The Most Revd Dr Rowan Williams | Lecture | November 2, 2018 |
| Science and Miracles: Perspectives from Christianity and Islam | Dr Hilary Marlow, Dr Caroline Tee | Seminar | May 15, 2018 |
| Science and Religion: The context for debate | Prof. Grace Davie | Seminar | January 23, 2018 |
| Raising The Next Generation With Science and Faith | Lizzie Henderson, Steph Bryant | Course | January 10, 2018 |
| Science and Faith: Friends or Foes? | Prof. Henry F. Schaefer | Lecture | October 9, 2017 |
| Introducing Science and Religion | Prof. Bob White FRS | Course | July 3, 2017 |
| God’s Two Books in Islam and Christianity | Laura Hassan, Dr James Hannam | Course | April 29, 2017 |
| Science and Sacred Texts: Ways of Reading | Dr Caroline Tee | Course | April 28, 2017 |
| Science and Christianity: Conflict or Cooperation? | Prof. Roger Trigg | Lecture | March 2, 2017 |
| The scientific naturalists are declaring the glory of God: Theistic support from unlikely places. | Prof. Paul Copan | Seminar | February 21, 2017 |
| Science and Religion with Children and Young People | Lizzie Henderson, Revd Dr Dave Gregory | Course | January 11, 2017 |
| Do Scientist Believe In God? Results From An Eight-Nation Study | Prof. Elaine Howard Ecklund | Lecture | November 17, 2016 |
| What scientists believe: global perspectives on science and faith | Prof. Elaine Howard Ecklund | Course | July 8, 2016 |
| Science and Religion: Clash of Worldviews? | Dr Mark Harris | Course | July 4, 2016 |
| Is there a place at the science-religion table for mathematics? | Prof. Doug Kindschi | Seminar | April 19, 2016 |
| My meandering path within the lands of science and faith | Prof. Cees Dekker | Seminar | February 9, 2016 |
| Science And Worship | Dr Ruth Bancewicz | Course | January 8, 2016 |
| Science and religion: what are the issues? | Revd Dr Andrew Davison | Course | January 6, 2016 |
| Science or Religion: Do we have to choose? | Prof. Alister McGrath | Course | July 6, 2015 |
| Appropriating Religion for Science in Brian Cox’s “Wonders” | Dr Felicity Mellor | Seminar | March 3, 2015 |
| Faithful to Science:the role of science in religion | Prof. Andrew Steane | Seminar | February 3, 2015 |
| An Introduction to the Science and Religion Dialogue | Revd Dr Rodney Holder | Course | January 7, 2015 |
| Exploring the relationship between Science and Religion | Prof. Tom McLeish FRS | Course | July 7, 2014 |
| Faith and Wisdom in Science | Prof. Tom McLeish FRS | Seminar | May 15, 2014 |
| Rationality in Science and Faith | Prof. Roger Trigg | Course | April 4, 2014 |
| Faith and Science | Prof. Raymond Tallis, The Most Revd Dr Rowan Williams | Talk | December 4, 2013 |
| Big Questions in Science and Religion | Revd Prof. Keith Ward | Course | November 30, 2013 |
| The concept of the person in Judaism | Dr Daniel Weiss | Seminar | October 29, 2013 |
| Islam and Modern Science: conflict or harmony? | Prof. Nidhal Guessoum | Course | July 8, 2013 |
| Scientism: How Much Faith Should We Put In Science | Prof. Ian Hutchinson | Lecture | October 15, 2012 |
| Science, Religion and the New Atheism | Prof. Alister McGrath | Course | July 13, 2012 |
| Does the evolutionary narrative tend to support theism? | Prof. Simon Conway Morris FRS | Course | April 1, 2012 |
| A Theist’s Perspective on the Philosophy of Science and Religion | Revd Prof. Keith Ward | Course | March 31, 2012 |
| Is the Universe Designed? – an Atheist’s View | Dr Stephen Law | Course | March 31, 2012 |
| Is The Universe Designed? – A Theist’s View | Revd Dr Rodney Holder | Course | March 30, 2012 |
| The Religious Beliefs of Scientists – a Sociological Analysis | Prof. Elaine Howard Ecklund | Seminar | March 6, 2012 |
| Science and Religion: Friends or Foes? | Revd Dr Rodney Holder, Revd Dr John Polkinghorne KBE FRS 16 October 1930—9 March 2021, Prof. John Hedley Brooke, Dr Usama Hasan | Panel Discussion | October 29, 2011 |
| Islam and Modern Science | Prof. Nidhal Guessoum | Course | July 18, 2011 |
| Science and Religion in Islam Today – A Critical Survey | Prof. Nidhal Guessoum | Seminar | May 3, 2011 |
| Handling Questions on Science and Religion in the Parish | Revd Dr Patrick Richmond | Course | January 14, 2011 |
| An Introduction to the Science and Religion Dialogue | Revd Dr John Polkinghorne KBE FRS 16 October 1930—9 March 2021 | Course | January 12, 2011 |
| The Science-Religion Dialogue in the 21st Century – a Biologist’s Perspective | Prof. John Bryant | Course | September 13, 2010 |
| Science, Faith and Reason | Prof. Stephen Williams | Course | July 12, 2010 |
| Science, Faith and Reason | Prof. Stephen Williams | Course | June 26, 2010 |
| Science and Religion – An Overview | Prof. John Bryant | Course | March 26, 2010 |
| Scientific Explanations of Religious Experience and their Implications for Belief | Revd Dr Patrick Richmond | Seminar | January 26, 2010 |
| Truth or True? – Faith and Science Rubbing Shoulders | Prof. Jeff Tallon | Faraday New Zealand Day | March 14, 2009 |
| Current Issues in the Science-Religion Debate in the Islamic World | Prof. Mehdi Golshani | Seminar | March 3, 2009 |
| Beyond Separation or Sythesis: Christ and Evolution as Theodrama | Prof. Celia Deane-Drummond | Seminar | February 17, 2009 |
| Science and Religion or Science and Theology | Prof. Michael Welker | Seminar | May 13, 2008 |
| The Future of the Science-Religion Debate | Revd Dr John Polkinghorne KBE FRS 16 October 1930—9 March 2021 | Seminar | February 5, 2008 |
| Can A Scientist Pray? | Revd Dr John Polkinghorne KBE FRS 16 October 1930—9 March 2021 | Course | January 6, 2008 |
| Can Religion be as Rational as Science? | Prof. Roger Trigg | Course | January 5, 2008 |
| Big Science – Big God | Prof. Sir John Houghton FRS | Course | January 4, 2008 |
| Being a Christian in Science | Prof. Sir Brian Heap CBE FRS | Course | November 6, 2007 |
| Transcending Dawkins’ God: Renewing the Interface between Science and Faith | Dr Denis Alexander | Course | March 30, 2007 |
| Science and the hiddenness of God | Prof. Wilson Poon FRSE FInstP | Seminar | February 13, 2007 |
| Models for Relating Science and Religion | Revd Dr John Polkinghorne KBE FRS 16 October 1930—9 March 2021 | Course | January 6, 2007 |
| Science and Religion: An Overview | Prof. John Bryant | Course | November 7, 2006 |
| An Eastern Perspective on Science, Religion and Evil | Dr Subrata Chattopadhyay | Course | July 28, 2006 |
| Models for Relating Science and Religion | Prof. Mikael Stenmark | Course | July 26, 2006 |
| A Life in Science | Prof. Sir Brian Heap CBE FRS | Course | July 17, 2006 |
| Science and Religion: Belief or Commitment? | Prof. Peter Lipton (deceased) | Seminar | June 13, 2006 |
| Has Science Eliminated God? Richard Dawkins and the meaning of life. | Prof. Alister McGrath | Lecture | November 4, 2004 |
| Can Scientists Believe in Miracles? | Prof. Sir Colin Humphreys CBE FREng FRS | Lecture | March 2, 2004 |
