Science & Mormonism: Cosmos, Earth, & Man
9 November 2013
Utah Valley Convention Center
Provo, Utah
Presented by The Interpreter Foundation
with contributing support from:
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8:30-9:00
Opening Session
Welcome
Jeffrey M. Bradshaw
Symposium Organizing Committee
Introductory Remarks
Daniel C. Peterson
President, The Interpreter Foundation
Introductory Remarks
Scott Gordon
President, FairMormon
9:00-10:30
Session Chair: Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Symposium Organizing Committee
Science vs. Religion: Can This Marriage Be Saved?
David H. Bailey
Berkeley National Laboratory (ret.) and University of California, Davis
Science, Religion, and Agency
Richard N. Williams
Founding Director, The Wheatley Institution, Brigham Young University
The Scale of Creation in Space and Time
John S. Lewis
Professor Emeritus of Planetary Sciences, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona and Chief Scientist, Deep Space Industries
10:30-11:00
Break
11:00-12:00
Session Chair: David H. Bailey, Symposium Organizing Committee
Joseph Smith and Modern Cosmology
Ron Hellings
Research Professor, Department of Physics, Montana State University
The Outer Solar System: A Window to the Creative Breadth of Divinity
Jani Radebaugh
Associate Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University
12:00-1:00
Lunch Break
1:00-3:00
Session Chair: Jani Radebaugh, Symposium Organizing Committee
From All Eternity to All Eternity: Deep Time and the Gospel
Bart J. Kowallis
Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University
Answering New Atheism and Seeking a Sure Knowledge of God
Amy L. Williams
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Columbia University
Science and Genesis: A Personal View
Jeffrey M. Bradshaw
Senior Research Scientist, Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC)
Why Evolution and LDS Thought are Fully Compatible:
Overcoming our Suspicions of Science
Steven L. Peck
Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Brigham Young University
3:00-3:30
Break
3:30-5:00
Session Chair: Michael R. Stark, Symposium Organizing Committee
Life Sciences Panel
Michael R. Stark
Associate Professor, Department of Physiology & Developmental Biology, Brigham Young University
Emily Bates
Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Bates Laboratory at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine
R. Paul Evans
Assistant Professor of Microbiology & Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University
Steven L. Peck
Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Brigham Young University
Trent D. Stephens
Professor Emeritus of Anatomy and Embryology, Idaho State University
