Elon College, N.C. – Phillip Clayton, an internationally recognized leader in the effort to draw connections between science and religion, will speak at 4 p.m. Monday, April 17 in the Yeager Recital Hall, Faith Rockefeller Model Center for the Arts at Elon College. The lecture, which is funded by a grant from the Templeton/American Scientific Affiliation Science and Religion Speakers Program, is free and open to the public.
Clayton is chair of the philosophy department at Sonoma (California) State University and director of the Science and Spiritual Quest Project, a $2 million effort to bring together scientists from around the world to discuss spirituality in their research. He recently won a $100,000 Templeton Foundation prize in recognition of his books in the area of science and religion.
Clayton’s talk, which is titled “Knowing Atoms and Knowing Angels: The Problem of Knowledge in Science and Religion,” will focus on the two distinct approaches to knowledge. He will discuss ways in which the knowledge that comes from science and religion can be shared in a meaningful way.
Clayton is author or editor of thirteen books including: “Beyond Apologetics: Integrating Scientific Results and Religious Explanations,” “Physics in Process: Recent Developments in Physics and the Philosophy of Process,” and “Infinite and Perfect? The Problem of God in Modern Thought.”
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