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Recent Events

Recent Events

Good God?

Faith and Reason in the Face of Suffering

John Lennox - Professor of Mathematics, University of Oxford

Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 7:00 PM
McMurtry Auditorium, Duncan Hall


What kind of God would allow so much suffering in the world? Is this the final, iron-clad proof that God does not exist? Or could some kind of knowable God still be behind this pain-filled universe? In either case, how can we make sense of suffering? Join Oxford math professor John Lennox at The Veritas Forum as he delves into the question of suffering.

We are anticipating a full house for John Lennox's presentation! The Forum will be held in McMurtry Auditorium inside Duncan Hall (not to be confused with McMurtry College or Duncan College), with simulcast available in surrounding classrooms. The event is free and open to the public, but Rice ID holders will be given priority seating. Doors open at 6:30 PM.

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Presenters

John Lennox

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?

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History at Rice

Rice Historicity Right

In 2012, The Veritas Forum at Rice brought Drs. Marianne Meye Thompson and Jeffrey Kripal to share Christian and pluralist understandings of Jesus' identity in "Do We See Him Clearly?" Who was Jesus? Is it possible to have definitive answers to these questions? How should we understand Jesus in light of other religious experiences around the globe?

Rice AI Right

In 2011, The Veritas Forum at Rice welcomed Dr. Rosalind Picard of MIT, discusses her work on affective computing. How are Robots, Autism, and God related? Dr. Picard discussed how her work and her faith inform each other and inspire her to help those with autism.

Rice DNA Right

In 2009, The Veritas Forum at Rice hosted Dr. Francis Collins, world-renowned geneticist, physician, and former director of the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health. He shared his journey from atheism to faith, propelled by science in "The Language of God".