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AUA Public Lecture: Nature as Contingent and Not Universal – Implications for Science and Religion
March 14, 2013 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm +04
Dr. Martin Ramey, an expert specializing in biblical history from the United States, will be speaking at the American University of Armenia on the topic of science and religion. The public lecture, titled “Nature as Contingent and Not Universal: Implications for Science and Religion,” will explore how religion and science address history.
His lecture is scheduled for 7:00 pm on Thursday, March 14, in the Akian Art Gallery of the Paramaz Avedisian Building at AUA (40 Marshal Baghramyan Ave. Yerevan). A reception will be held in the Gallery at 6:30pm.
Dr. Ramey, an expert specializing in biblical history from the United States, will be speaking at the American University of Armenia on Thursday, March 14, on the topic of science and religion. The public lecture, titled “Nature as Contingent and Not Universal: Implications for Science and Religion,” will explore how religion and science address history.
The talk will demonstrate how science and religion, two fields often thought to be opposed, can find commonalities. Because of a shared interest in history, theologians and scientists should be able to engage in constructive dialogue.
The presentation at AUA is part of a book manuscript in progress focusing on cognitive science and the Apostle Paul.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Martin Ramey is a resident of Los Angeles, California and regularly teaches at local colleges and universities. He earned an M.Div. from Fuller Theological Seminary specializing in Theology. His Ph.D. is from the Center for Jewish and Christian Studies at Chicago Theological Seminary. His academic interests focus on the connections among biblical history, sacred texts, and religion and science.
He has delivered many international presentations sponsored by organizations and universities including the British Council, the American Literature Association, the Society of Biblical Literature, South Wales Baptist College, Yarmouk University, the University of Jordan, the University of Frankfurt, the University of Northumbria, the Center for Jewish-Christian Relations at University of Cambridge, the Nexus Interfaith Dialogue Panel sponsored by the Virginian Pilot newspaper, and the 20th Century Literature Conference at the University of Louisville.
Dr. Ramey’s essays have addressed topics as diverse as the relationships between religion and the American Civil War, cognitive science and the New Testament, and the Charismatic Movement and the social sciences.
