Science and Spirit Conference, with Craig Boyd, Joshua Moritz, Thomas Oord, LeRon Shults and Amos Yong

Thursday, November 17th 2016, 7:00pm

Science and Spirit Conference, with Craig Boyd, Joshua Moritz, Thomas Oord, LeRon Shults and Amos Yong
Graduate Theological Union Library, Dinner Board Room

The Pentecostal movement, considered by many demographers to be at the vanguard of the global expansion of Christianity, has often been thought of as bringing up the rear in terms of intellectual sophistication and engagement with the academic enterprise. Recent developments within pentecostal scholarship, however, suggest openings for theological dialogue, not least at the interface of the theology-and-science conversation. Two recent books in the field – James K. A. Smith and Amos Yong, eds., Science and the Spirit: Pentecostal Engagements with the Sciences (Indiana University Press) & Amos Yong, The Spirit of Creation: Modern Science and Divine Action in the Pentecostal-Charismatic Imagination (Eerdmans) – are suggestive that such an exchange of ideas is already underway. This CTNS event features four respondents to the proposals in these volumes, all of whom are prominent in the theology-and-science enterprise, and a rejoinder by one of the books’ authors. There will also be time for audience interaction with the panelists about the significance of the pentecostal appearance in this field of inquiry as well as about the opportunities and challenges lying at this intersection. This event is free and open to the public.