Members of the Institute on Religion in an Age of Science, which holds an annual conference on Star Island, will be present at this year’s Parliament of the World’s Religions in Toronto.
| IRAS cultivates a community of informed and respectful inquiry and dialogue at the intersections of science with religion, spirituality and philosophy in service of global, societal and personal well-being. |
The Science & Religion track has been created jointly by the Institute on Religion in an Age of Science (IRAS) and the International Society on Science and Religion (ISSR), specifically addressing the major themes of the 2019 Parliament. The presenters include some experienced academics (including one Nobel Laureate) and representatives of several major religions in the world, all of whom take seriously the latest knowledge developed by sound science. Issues addressed include human origins, cosmology, the nature of evil, genetic manipulation, climate change, food distribution, the brain and human emotion, the search for life in the galaxy, human health and well being. Each session will present latest research with slide illustrations, and each presenter will allow time for questions and discussion. For more information, visit our booth # 425 in the Parliament’s Exhibit Fair.
The Parliament is scheduled to run November 1 through 7, 2018.
All sessions will be held in the Metro Toronto Convention Centre
This is the Roster of Science & Religion Sessions sponsored by IRAS & ISSR
Friday, November 2, 2018
Nancy Ellen Abrams
The Unifying Potential of a Real God in the Scientific Universe
12:15pm, Room 706
Grace Wolf-Chase
Understanding Scientific Discovery through Participation
3:15pm, Room 703
Saturday, November 3, 2018:
Paul H. Carr
Climate, Carbon & Ground of All Being
12:15pm, Room 712
Solomon Katz
Food Scarcity, Safety, Imbalance and Population Changes
1:15pm, Room 712
William D. Phillips
Ordinary Faith, Ordinary Science
6:00pm, Room 603
Sunday, November 4, 2018
V. V. Raman
Science & Religion: A Unified Vision
12:15pm, Room 712
Carol Wayne White
Reinvisioning Hope: Anthropogenic Climate Change, Learned Ignorance, and Religious Naturalism
1:15pm, Room 712
Janet Rossant and James Peterson
Gene Editing Our Children and Their Children: Genes, Justice and Future Generations
2:15pm, Room 712
Sol Katz
Implementing a Scientific, Socially Inclusive, Sustainable, Interfaith Food Program in Ethnically Diverse Urban Communities
2:15pm, Room 713B
Anindita Balslev
Pluralism and Peace Making: Contemporary Hindu Perspectives
2:15 pm, Room 107
Andrew Newberg and Rabbi David Halprin
Neurotheology and Compassion
6:00pm, Room 713A
Tuesday, November 6, 2019
Fraser Watts and Moez Masoud
Science, Religion & Global Justice
12:15pm, Room 717A
William Shoemaker
The Origin of Evil and the Brain Network
2:15pm, Room 712
Michael Summers
The New Search for Life Beyond our Solar System
3:15pm, Room 712
The Parliament of the World’s Religions was created to cultivate harmony among the world’s religious and spiritual communities and foster their engagement with the world and its guiding institutions in order to achieve a just, peaceful and sustainable world.
The Parliament of the World’s Religions
Toronto, ON • November 1 – 7, 2018
The vision of the Parliament of the World’s Religions is of a just, peaceful and sustainable world in which:
- Religious and spiritual communities live in harmony and contribute to a better world from their riches of wisdom and compassion.
- Religious and cultural fears and hatreds are replaced with understanding and respect.
- People everywhere come to know and care for their neighbors.
- The richness of human and religious diversity is woven into the fabric of communal, civil, societal and global life.
- The world’s most powerful and influential institutions move beyond narrow self-interest to realize common good.
- The Earth and all life are cherished, protected, healed and restored.
- All people commit to living out their highest values and aspirations