Ethics & Religion

 

Upcoming Events

Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009.  The Center for Ethics and Religion at Queens will present as this year’s Witherspoon Lecturer Dr. Nancy Murphy, 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 pubic.

 

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).


Past Events

 

Nov. 3, 2008   The Center for Ethics and Religion at Queens presented Dr. Everett Worthington, Jr., speaking on "Forgiveness:  Psychology, Religion, Ethics," at 7 p.m. in Sykes Auditorium on the Queens University of Charlotte campus, 1900 Selwyn Avenue.

 

A professor at Virginia Commonwealth University and a clinical psychologist, Dr. Worthington has been conducting research on forgiveness since 1990.    In the last ten years, since the murder of his mother, he has studied how forgiveness and justice work together and can oppose each other.

 

 Oct. 28, 2008   The Center for Ethics and Religion at Queens presented Dr. James Howell, speaking on his new book, Conversations with St. Francis, at 7 p.m. in Sykes Auditorium on the Queens University of Charlotte campus, 1900 Selwyn Avenue.

 

The Senior Pastor of Myers  Park United MethodistChurch, Howell is the author of twelve books.  After his  talk and a question and answer session, Dr. Howell signed copies of Conversations with St. Francis.

 

The book offers the reader an opportunity to “explore the deep questions of the life of the spirit with “God’s clown,’ St. Francis of Assisi.”
   
   
Mar 5, 2008 The Bishop of Rwanda spoke to an audience in Sykes Auditorium on the prospect of peace in Rwanda.  For more on the event click here.
 
   
Feb 21, 2008 For the annual Witherspoon Lecture in Science and Religion, Dr. Francis Collins presented "The Language of God: Science and Religion." For more on the event click here.
 
   
Apr 26, 2007 For the annual Witherspoon Lecture in Science and Religion, Sir John Polkinghorne discussed the notion of prayer as seen through the lense of contemporary physics.  For more on Polkinghorne click here.
 
   
Nov 12, 2006 150 Years of Presbyterianism at Queens: Along with the Union Theological Seminary, the Center presented a program that focused on what it means to be a church-related institution of higher education.  For more on the event click here.
 
   
Nov 6, 2006  A Christian Muslim Dialogue: As part of a Listening Project to promote peace, a Christian and a Muslim discussed the possibilities of promoting dialogue among different nationalities and religions.  For more on Interfaith Dialogue click here.
 
   
Sep 21, 2006 Witherspoon Lecture Series: Guest speaker Dr. Ursula Goodenough presented "Exploring the Concepts of Religious Naturalism" to the Queens Community.
 
   
Apr 6, 2006 Kenny Moore, co-author of The CEO and the Monk, discussed the relationship between ethics, spirituality, and business as well as the unlikely partnership between a former monk and a CEO that led a business to the top while upholding high business standards
                          

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