of this year’s Shulman Lectures
“Religion and the Big Bang,” is the theme of this
year’s Shulman Lectures in Science and the Humanities, which will be
presented during the month of April.
The series will feature three lectures: On Tuesday, April 1, Taede Smedes will
discuss “A Universe of One’s Own: Cosmology, Theology and Atheology”;
on Tuesday, April 8, Guy Consolmagno will explore “Heaven or Heat Death?
Christian and Scientific Perspectives on the End of the Universe”; and
on Friday, April 11, Joseph Prabhu will speak on “Cross-Cultural Reflections
on Religion and Science.”
The talks, which are free and open to the public, will be held at 5 p.m. in
Rm. 208 at the Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall St. For information, call
Manana Sikic at (203) 432-0673 or e-mail manana.sikic@yale.edu.
Smedes is a philosopher of religion at the Catholic University of Louvain in
Belgium. A specialist on the intersection of science and religion, he is regarded
as an expert on creationism and intelligent design. He is the author of “Chaos,
Complexity and God: Divine Action and Scientism” and “Creative
Creatures: Values and Ethical Issues in Theology, Science and Technology,” as
well as numerous articles.
Consolmagno, an astronomer and planetary scientist at the Specola Vaticana
in Vatican City, specializes in the origins of meteorites and asteroids. A
Jesuit brother, he also examines the intersection between science and religion.
He is the author of numerous books, including “Mechanics: How Scientists
and Engineers Make Sense of Religion,” “Intelligent Life in the
Universe?” “Catholic Belief and the Search for Extraterrestrial
Life,” and his memoir, “Brother Astronomer, Adventures of a Vatican
Scientist.”
Prabhu is a professor at California State University, Los Angeles. His academic
interests combine philosophy, ethics, religion and politics, focusing on topics
of cross-cultural and inter-religious significance. He is co-editor of the
journal Re-Vision, which explores issues relating to philosophy, psychology
and spirituality. He serves as president of the Society of Asian and Comparative
Philosophy and program co-chair for the Philosophy of Religion Section of the
American Academy of Religion. Prabhu has published two books, “The Intercultural
Challenge of Raimon Panikkar” and “Indian Ethics.”
The lecture series is named after Robert Shulman, Sterling Professor Emeritus
of Chemistry, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, and senior research scientist
in diagnostic radiology, in recognition of his roles as a founding fellow of
the Whitney Humanities Center and as a supporter of the integration of science
and the humanities.
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