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.
| Title | Speaker(s) | Context | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mental Health: Contemporary Challenges and a Church Based Response | Helen Thorne | November 23, 2023 | |
| Mental Health: Contemporary challenges seen from a Christian vantage point | Revd Dr Steve Midgley | Course | November 23, 2023 |
| Science – Beauty – Theology: A Virtuous or Vicious Trinity? | Prof. Tom McLeish FRS | Lecture | May 26, 2022 |
| Psychosis and Religious Experience | Revd Dr Joanna Collicutt | Seminar | March 16, 2022 |
| Thinking Theologically About Mental Health: Bible, Church and Spirit | Prof. John Swinton | Course | January 28, 2022 |
| Neuroscience and Free Will: Are we just driven by our brains? | Dr Sharon Dirckx | Seminar | January 28, 2022 |
| Common Ground between Science and Faith: What it means to be Human | Dr Praveen Sethupathy | Seminar | May 11, 2021 |
| Exploring the Foundations of Religious Behaviour | Dr Emily Reed Burdett | Seminar | April 27, 2021 |
| COVID-19: A Christian Response | Prof. Bob White FRS, Revd Dr Roger Abbott, Dr Denis Alexander | Seminar | May 28, 2020 |
| Consciousness, Intention, Final Causality and the Desire for God | Prof. Simon Oliver | Seminar | February 18, 2020 |
| Character and Wellbeing – a workshop | Dr Roger Bretherton | Course | January 11, 2020 |
| With God in Mind? Integrated Physicality, (Un)belief and Spiritual Technologies | Dr Sarah Lane Ritchie | Seminar | November 12, 2019 |
| Living with Dementia – a conversation | Revd Mhari McLintock | Course | November 2, 2019 |
| Consciousness and the Anatomy of the Soul | Prof. Michael Wang | Course | July 4, 2019 |
| Is it all in the brain? | Prof. Stephanie Clarke | Course | July 4, 2019 |
| Hearing Voices: Theology, Psychiatry and the Lived Experience of Hearing Voices | Prof. John Swinton | Seminar | March 5, 2019 |
| Humility, Hope and Holiness: Explorations in the Psychology of Character Strengths | Dr Roger Bretherton | Seminar | February 19, 2019 |
| Is the Human Brain Hard-Wired for Faith? | Prof. Stephanie Clarke | Course | July 4, 2018 |
| Faith and Neuroscience: Friend of Foe? | Revd Prof. Alasdair Coles | Seminar | May 29, 2018 |
| Brain science and the church | Revd Prof. Alasdair Coles | Course | January 10, 2018 |
| The Neurobiology of Beauty and its Implications | Prof. Semir Zeki FRS | Seminar | October 20, 2017 |
| The Brain, Free Will and Determinism | Dr Harvey T. McMahon FRS | Course | July 6, 2017 |
| Religious Experience and the Brain | Dr Joseph Tennant | Course | July 6, 2017 |
| What does neuroscience teach us which is helpful for those of faith? | Revd Prof. Alasdair Coles | Course | July 3, 2017 |
| Neuroscience, the Bible and the Soul | Revd Prof. Alasdair Coles, Dr Mike Thompson | Course | April 29, 2017 |
| Pastoral Issues Arising From Neurological and Psychiatric Illness | Revd Prof. Alasdair Coles | Course | January 11, 2017 |
| Is Happiness in our Genes? | Dr Michael Pluess | Seminar | November 22, 2016 |
| Neurological disease and faith | Revd Prof. Alasdair Coles | Course | January 7, 2016 |
| Parkinson’s Disease and Faith | Revd Prof. Alasdair Coles | Course | November 29, 2015 |
| Faith In Dementia: Authenticity and Neuroscience | Prof. Julian Hughes | Course | November 29, 2015 |
| Forgiveness, Gratitude and Hope in Psychology and Theology | Dr Liz Gulliford | Course | November 29, 2015 |
| Faith and The Developing Brain | Dr Duncan Astle | Course | November 29, 2015 |
| Delusions, positive illusions, and jump to conclusions | Dr Ryan McKay | Course | November 28, 2015 |
| Ascribing Beliefs to Brains | Dr Daniel De Haan | Course | November 28, 2015 |
| Damaged Brain, Wounded Soul? | Revd Dr Joanna Collicutt | Course | November 28, 2015 |
| The Significance of Hearing Voices | Prof Chris Cook | Course | November 28, 2015 |
| Disbelief, Delusions and Hallucinations | Prof Paul Fletcher | Course | November 28, 2015 |
| Mind-brain and freewill | Dr Harvey T. McMahon FRS | Course | November 28, 2015 |
| Imaging Belief States in Pain and Religion | Prof Irene Tracey | Lecture | November 27, 2015 |
| The psychology of religion/spirituality and disasters | Dr Jamie Aten | Course | July 10, 2015 |
| The science of children’s belief in God and the supernatural | Dr Emily Reed Burdett | Course | July 9, 2015 |
| The science of children’s belief in God and the supernatural | Dr Emily Reed Burdett | Course | July 9, 2015 |
| Neuroscience and Faith | Dr Daniel De Haan | Course | July 9, 2015 |
| Identity, Self-Esteem and the Image of God | Prof. Glynn Harrison | Lecture | January 13, 2015 |
| Are People Born to Believe? | Prof Justin Barrett | Lecture | October 21, 2014 |
| Psychology and religious belief | Prof Justin Barrett | Course | July 11, 2014 |
| Memory and personhood | Prof. Noreen Herzfeld | Course | July 11, 2014 |
| Cognitive Science, Philosophy and Faith | Prof. Roger Trigg | Course | April 5, 2014 |
| Religion, spirituality and mental health: current controversies and future directions | Prof. Simon Dein | Seminar | March 4, 2014 |
| Mind, brain and the search for God | Revd Prof. Alasdair Coles | Course | January 14, 2014 |