The Steam Project Grant, administered by Fuller and funded by the Templeton Foundation, made the speaker events below possible. The hope behind these events was to help prepare students to be boundary pioneers between the areas of faith and science. We hope to continue hosting and recording similar events in the future (e.g. with Gerald Gabrielse) and will post them as soon as possible. We also hope to host shorter interviews with faculty on the topic of faith and science integration. So make sure to come back as the academic year progresses.
Troy Van Voorhis (Chemistry, MIT) & Mark Hammergren (Astronomer, Adler Planetarium) discuss miracles at The Veritas Forum at Northwestern University. This conversation was co-hosted by the Graduate Christian Fellowship at Northwestern University and partially funded through a STEAM Project Grant thanks to the generosity of the Templeton Foundation and the diligent work of Fuller Seminary.
Dr. Elaine Howard Ecklund, Sociologist at Rice University, shares from her extensive research looking into how religion and science relate to each other from a sociological point of view. Particular attention is paid to how scientists view religion and how religious persons view science. This lecture was hosted by the Graduate Christian Fellowship at Northwestern University and funded through a STEAM Project Grant thanks to the generosity of the Templeton Foundation and the diligent work of Fuller Seminary.
Dr. Nathan Matias, a Computational Social Scientist at Princeton University, shares his experience of how his faith has shaped his scientific research and how his scientific research has shaped his faith. This conversation was hosted by the Graduate Christian Fellowship at Northwestern University and funded through a STEAM Project Grant thanks to the generosity of the Templeton Foundation and the diligent work of Fuller Seminary.
Dr. S. Joshua Swamidass of Washington University in St. Louis explores one way, among others, that evolutionary and biblical accounts of creation might relate to each other. In particular, he attempts to clear up some confusion regarding how genetic and genealogical data weigh in on the plausibility of a historical Adam and Eve. This lecture was hosted by the Graduate Christian Fellowship at Northwestern University and funded through a STEAM Project Grant thanks to the generosity of the Templeton Foundation and the diligent work of Fuller Seminary.
