Astle, Durbach, & Onyango at TWU, Planetary Health
FREE PUBLIC EVENT: Trinity Western University’s Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences, Trinity Western Environmental Club, and CSCA’s Vancouver chapter present an evening seminar with Barbara J. Astle (Professor of Nursing, Trinity Western University), Shane Durbach (Associate Professor of Chemistry, Trinity Western University), and Laura A. Onyango (Assistant Professor of Biology, Trinity Western University). This event is funded by a Supporting Structures grant from Scholarship & Christianity In Oxford) and CSCA. Planetary Health: Impacts from Plastic Pollution and the Microbe Menace Come hear about the emerging field of planetary health that encompasses many facets of planetary well-being, including human health, biodiversity …
The Challenges of Scientists in the Church and Serving the Church
FREE PUBLIC EVENT: CSCA’s Montreal chapter presents a discussion about ASA’s 2023 Winter Symposium, hosted by Joseph Vybihal (Computer Science, McGill). The Challenges of Scientists in the Church and Serving the Church This meeting will be a public discussion and report on the ASA 2023 Winter Symposium that explored the challenges of scientists serving the church; a recording of that symposium is available here. This will be a great time of sharing, discussing, and reporting. It will be a moderated discussion attempting to explore the ways scientists can serve the church, and the challenges that are inherent. This is open to …
Franklin in Montreal, “Faith and Science in Response to the Problem of Suffering”
FREE PUBLIC EVENT: CSCA’s Montreal chapter presents a lecture with Patrick Franklin (Associate Professor of Theology at Tyndale University), CSCA president 2020-2022. Faith and Science in Response to the Problem of Suffering The existence of suffering in the world is one of the major obstacles to belief in God, both intellectually and experientially. Christianity has deep and practical resources to equip and support both those facing suffering and those seeking to alleviate suffering. However, it is crucial to distinguish and discern whether someone’s struggle with suffering is an intellectual or existential one. Intellectual responses to the problem of suffering (‘theodicies’) …
Franklin in Montreal, “Seeking God in Creation and Canon”
FREE PUBLIC EVENT: CSCA’s Montreal chapter presents a sermon with Patrick Franklin (Associate Professor of Theology at Tyndale University), CSCA president 2020-2022. Seeking God in Creation and Canon abstract forthcoming Patrick Franklin, PhD, is Associate Professor of Theology at Tyndale University (Seminary) in Toronto. Patrick is a Fellow of the American Scientific Affiliation and serves as Past President of the Canadian Scientific and Christian Affiliation. He is the author of Being Human, Being Church: The Significance of Theological Anthropology for Ecclesiology and of several peer reviewed articles and book chapters, including publications that contribute to the faith-science conversation. In the past four …