Retelling the Story of Science
A free lecture sponsored by The Central Pennsylvania Forum for Religion and Science and the Intercollegiate Studies Institute

Featured speaker: Dr. Stephen M. Barr, Professor of Physics, Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware

We often hear of a supposed conflict between religion and science. Is there one? Certainly, some religious beliefs are scientifically untenable, but for Jews and Christians not committed to a narrowly literalistic interpretation of Scripture, a clear-cut contradiction between scientific facts and religious doctrines does not exist. What many take to be a conflict between religion and science is really something else: a conflict between religion and materialism. Dr. Barr examines several aspects of this theme.

Tuesday, 14 October 2008, at 7:00 pm

Location: Hostetter Chapel Sanctuary, Messiah College, Grantham, PA.  Directions and a campus map are here http://www.messiah.edu/visitors/direction.html.

Stephen Barr, a theoretical particle physicist and a leading Roman Catholic writer, is author of Modern Physics and Ancient Faith (2003).  He also serves on the editorial board of First Things, for which he often writes.

We also thank the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (www.isi.org) for supporting this particular event.


The Central Pennsylvania Forum for Religion and Science, based at Messiah College, has been made possible in part by a Local Societies Initiative grant (http://www.metanexus.net/lsi) of the Metanexus Institute (www.metanexus.net). This lecture is also made possible by a grant from the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (www.isi.org). For details about all Forum events, please visit http://www.messiah.edu/godandscience/ or contact Dr. Ted Davis (tdavis@messiah.edu), 717-766-2511, ext 6840.