Why Are We Here?

God, Life, and the Pursuit of Happiness

John Lennox - Professor of Mathematics, University of Oxford
Linford Fisher  - Assistant Professor of History, Brown University

Friday, February 22, 2013 at 4:30 PM
Salomon 101

A Brown professor questions an Oxford scholar on our highest values and treasured beliefs. His questions will be determined in part by the questions submitted by Brown students! Submit your questions online now, and join The Veritas Forum at Brown for a thought-provoking discussion between two professors.

We are anticipating a full house for John Lennox's presentation! The event is open to the public, but student ID holders will be given priority seating so that Brown students have the first opportunity to see the speakers.

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John Lennox

Professor of Mathematics, University of Oxford

John Lennox is Professor of Mathematics in the University of Oxford, Fellow in Mathematics and the Philosophy of Science, and Pastoral Advisor at Green Templeton College, Oxford. In addition to over seventy published mathematical papers he is the co-author of two research level texts in algebra in the Oxford Mathematical Monographs series. His most recent book, on the interface between science, philosophy and theology, is God's Undertaker - Has Science Buried God?

Linford Fisher

Assistant Professor of History, Brown University

Professor Fisher grew up in the rolling hills of southeastern Pennsylvania. He received his doctorate from Harvard University in 2008. He was an Assistant Professor of History at Indiana University--South Bend before joining the Department of History at Brown in 2009. Professor Fisher's research and teaching relate primarily to the cultural and religious history of colonial America and the Atlantic world, including Native Americans, religion, material culture, and Indian and African slavery and servitude.