The Pursuit of Immortality:
From the Ego to the Soul
Moderated by Lisa Miller
Newsweek
Speakers:
John F. Haught, PhD, Georgetown University
Kenneth Miller, PhD, Brown University
Nancey Murphy, PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary
Are we immortal? Do our souls exist beyond our bodies? What scientific evidence is there for mystical experience? These questions and others will be addressed from a cultural, historical, and scientific perspective by evolutionary biologist Kenneth Miller and theologians John Haught and Nancey Murphy.
Science, self, and immortality by John F. Haught
Immortality versus resurrection in the Christian tradition by Nancey Murphy
Date:
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Time:
7:00 PM - 8:15 PM
Reception to Follow
Reception to Follow
Location:
The New York Academy of Sciences
7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich Street, 40th Floor
7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich Street, 40th Floor
This event is the third in a six-part series, Perspectives on the Self, which brings together experts from the sciences and the humanities for conversations on the evolving meaning and experience of the Self.