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Former N.C. Governor and chemistry professor Dr. Jim Martin will deliver the 2010 Witherspoon Lecture, “Science: The Modern Revelation,” on Tuesday, February 16, at 7 p.m. in Sykes Auditorium on the Queens University of Charlotte campus, 1900 Selwyn Avenue. The talk, presented by the Center for Ethics and Religion, is free and open to the public, but reservations are required by clicking here.
The son of a Presbyterian minister, Dr. Martin taught chemistry for 12 years at Davidson College, where he helped initiate the multidisciplinary, humanities-based “Blue Sky Curriculum.” After serving for eight years in the U.S. House of Representatives, Dr. Martin served as governor of N.C. from 1985 – 1993. He is a frequent and articulate speaker on the relation of science and religion.
The William and Margaret Witherspoon Lectures were established to address the religious and moral implications of developments in the sciences. William Witherspoon (1909 – 2008) established the lecture series in 1991 at Queens University of Charlotte in memory of his wife Margaret, a 1932 alumna of Queens. She majored in chemistry and biology and taught high school in St. Louis, Mo. William Witherspoon studied nuclear physics, chemistry and astronomy at the University College of Washington University in St. Louis while building a successful career in investment analysis. William and Margaret were married in 1938. For information about past Witherspoon Lecturers, click here.
Sykes Auditorium is in the basement of Sykes Learning Center, which is near the intersection of Selwyn and Wellesley. For a map showing the building (building 31) and parking, please click here. For more information, visit www.queens.edu/ethicsandreligion or call 704-688-2706.
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The William and Margaret Witherspoon
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William Witherspoon
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Margaret Witherspoon
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William Witherspoon established the lecture series at Queens in memory of his wife Margaret, a 1932 alumna of Queens who passed away in 1995. She majored in chemistry and biology and taught high school in St. Louis, Mo. They were married in 1938. The Witherspoon Lectures were established to address the religious and moral implications of developments in the sciences.
"I decided to endow theis lecture series at Queens because I feel it is important for students today to know the important connection between theology and science," Witherpoon said. "The number of philosophy and religion majors has risen in recent years at Queens, and I wanted to support the University's committment to linking the humanities and the natural sciences."
William Witherspoon studied nuclear physics, chemistry and astronomy at the University College of Washington University in St. Louis while building a successful career in investment analysis.
A sampling of Witherspoon's writings connecting philosophy, religion and the natural sciences
can be found at www.wwitherspoon.org.
Dr. Nancey Murphy
"Bodies and Souls, or Spirited Bodies"
Febrary 24, 2009
The Center for Ethics and Religion at Queens presented as this year’s Witherspoon Lecturer Dr. Nancey Murphy on February 24, 2009, in Sykes Auditorium on the Queens University of Charlotte campus.
Murphy, the author of nine books and a professor at Fuller Theological Seminary, is highly sought as a speaker at national and international conferences on the relationship between theology and science. Her first book, Theology in the Age of Scientific Reasoning (Cornell, 1990) won the American Academy of Religion award for excellence. Her most recent books are Bodies and Souls, or Spirited Bodies? (Cambridge, 2006); and (co-authored with Warren Brown) Did My Neurons Make Me Do It? Philosophical and Neurobiological and Neurobiological Perspectives on Moral Responsibility and Free Will (Oxford, 2007).
The Center for Ethics and Religion at Queens will present as this year’s Witherspoon Lecturer Dr. Nancey Murphy on February 24, 2009, at 7 p.m. in Sykes Auditorium on the Queens University of Charlotte campus, 1900 Selwyn Avenue. The talk is free and open to the public.
Murphy, the author of nine books and a professor at Fuller Theological Seminary, is highly sought as a speaker at national and international conferences on the relationship between theology and science. Her first book, Theology in the Age of Scientific Reasoning (Cornell, 1990) won the American Academy of Religion award for excellence. Her most recent books are Bodies and Souls, or Spirited Bodies? (Cambridge, 2006); and (co-authored with Warren Brown) Did My Neurons Make Me Do It? Philosophical and Neurobiological Perspectives on Moral Responsibility and Free Will (Oxford, 2007).
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