On 11th March at 1pm Dr Fred Simmons will give a seminar entitled ‘Origins of Life Research: A New Nexus for Natural Theology?’.
A light sandwich lunch will be provided from 12:30 in the Shasha Suite, Woolf Building, Westminster College, Madingley Road Cambridge. Please be seated by 12:50 so that the seminar can start promptly.
Information for those wanting to join the seminar online will be posted here on the day of the event and also circulated to all ticket holders beforehand.
Abstract:
Origins of life research that concentrates on thermodynamics has often regarded life’s emergence as exceedingly improbable, leading some theologians to argue that life’s existence signals God’s special action. I offer reasons to resist this argument, explain why origins of life research that concentrates on dynamic kinetic stability provides a better basis for natural theology, and explore key theological implications of this approach to that research.
