Multimedia resources from Faraday lectures, courses, discussions and research seminars. Please note that the views expressed are those of the speakers and do not necessarily represent the views of The Faraday Institute
Research Seminar given by Prof. Bill Newsome
| Title | Speaker(s) | Context | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mental Health: Contemporary Challenges and a Church Based Response | Helen Thorne | November 23, 2023 | |
| Mental Health: Contemporary challenges seen from a Christian vantage point | Revd Dr Steve Midgley | Course | November 23, 2023 |
| Science – Beauty – Theology: A Virtuous or Vicious Trinity? | Prof. Tom McLeish FRS | Lecture | May 26, 2022 |
| Psychosis and Religious Experience | Revd Dr Joanna Collicutt | Seminar | March 16, 2022 |
| Thinking Theologically About Mental Health: Bible, Church and Spirit | Prof. John Swinton | Course | January 28, 2022 |
| Neuroscience and Free Will: Are we just driven by our brains? | Dr Sharon Dirckx | Seminar | January 28, 2022 |
| Common Ground between Science and Faith: What it means to be Human | Dr Praveen Sethupathy | Seminar | May 11, 2021 |
| Exploring the Foundations of Religious Behaviour | Dr Emily Reed Burdett | Seminar | April 27, 2021 |
| COVID-19: A Christian Response | Prof. Bob White FRS, Revd Dr Roger Abbott, Dr Denis Alexander | Seminar | May 28, 2020 |
| Consciousness, Intention, Final Causality and the Desire for God | Prof. Simon Oliver | Seminar | February 18, 2020 |
| Character and Wellbeing – a workshop | Dr Roger Bretherton | Course | January 11, 2020 |
| With God in Mind? Integrated Physicality, (Un)belief and Spiritual Technologies | Dr Sarah Lane Ritchie | Seminar | November 12, 2019 |
| Living with Dementia – a conversation | Revd Mhari McLintock | Course | November 2, 2019 |
| Consciousness and the Anatomy of the Soul | Prof. Michael Wang | Course | July 4, 2019 |
| Is it all in the brain? | Prof. Stephanie Clarke | Course | July 4, 2019 |
| Hearing Voices: Theology, Psychiatry and the Lived Experience of Hearing Voices | Prof. John Swinton | Seminar | March 5, 2019 |
| Humility, Hope and Holiness: Explorations in the Psychology of Character Strengths | Dr Roger Bretherton | Seminar | February 19, 2019 |
| Is the Human Brain Hard-Wired for Faith? | Prof. Stephanie Clarke | Course | July 4, 2018 |
| Faith and Neuroscience: Friend of Foe? | Revd Prof. Alasdair Coles | Seminar | May 29, 2018 |
| Brain science and the church | Revd Prof. Alasdair Coles | Course | January 10, 2018 |
| The Neurobiology of Beauty and its Implications | Prof. Semir Zeki FRS | Seminar | October 20, 2017 |
| The Brain, Free Will and Determinism | Dr Harvey T. McMahon FRS | Course | July 6, 2017 |
| Religious Experience and the Brain | Dr Joseph Tennant | Course | July 6, 2017 |
| What does neuroscience teach us which is helpful for those of faith? | Revd Prof. Alasdair Coles | Course | July 3, 2017 |
| Neuroscience, the Bible and the Soul | Revd Prof. Alasdair Coles, Dr Mike Thompson | Course | April 29, 2017 |
| Pastoral Issues Arising From Neurological and Psychiatric Illness | Revd Prof. Alasdair Coles | Course | January 11, 2017 |
| Is Happiness in our Genes? | Dr Michael Pluess | Seminar | November 22, 2016 |
| Neurological disease and faith | Revd Prof. Alasdair Coles | Course | January 7, 2016 |
| Parkinson’s Disease and Faith | Revd Prof. Alasdair Coles | Course | November 29, 2015 |
| Faith In Dementia: Authenticity and Neuroscience | Prof. Julian Hughes | Course | November 29, 2015 |
| Forgiveness, Gratitude and Hope in Psychology and Theology | Dr Liz Gulliford | Course | November 29, 2015 |
| Faith and The Developing Brain | Dr Duncan Astle | Course | November 29, 2015 |
| Disbelief, Delusions and Hallucinations | Prof. Paul Fletcher | Course | November 28, 2015 |
| Mind-brain and freewill | Dr Harvey T. McMahon FRS | Course | November 28, 2015 |
| Delusions, positive illusions, and jump to conclusions | Dr Ryan McKay | Course | November 28, 2015 |
| Ascribing Beliefs to Brains | Dr Daniel De Haan | Course | November 28, 2015 |
| Damaged Brain, Wounded Soul? | Revd Dr Joanna Collicutt | Course | November 28, 2015 |
| The Significance of Hearing Voices | Prof. Chris Cook | Course | November 28, 2015 |
| Imaging Belief States in Pain and Religion | Prof. Irene Tracey | Lecture | November 27, 2015 |
| The psychology of religion/spirituality and disasters | Dr Jamie Aten | Course | July 10, 2015 |
| The science of children’s belief in God and the supernatural | Dr Emily Reed Burdett | Course | July 9, 2015 |
| The science of children’s belief in God and the supernatural | Dr Emily Reed Burdett | Course | July 9, 2015 |
| Neuroscience and Faith | Dr Daniel De Haan | Course | July 9, 2015 |
| Identity, Self-Esteem and the Image of God | Prof. Glynn Harrison | Lecture | January 13, 2015 |
| Are People Born to Believe? | Prof. Justin Barrett | Lecture | October 21, 2014 |
| Psychology and religious belief | Prof. Justin Barrett | Course | July 11, 2014 |
| Memory and personhood | Prof. Noreen Herzfeld | Course | July 11, 2014 |
| Cognitive Science, Philosophy and Faith | Prof. Roger Trigg | Course | April 5, 2014 |
| Religion, spirituality and mental health: current controversies and future directions | Prof. Simon Dein | Seminar | March 4, 2014 |
| Mind, brain and the search for God | Revd Prof. Alasdair Coles | Course | January 14, 2014 |
| Hearing Voices, Brain and God | Prof. Andre Aleman | Seminar | November 26, 2013 |
| Boosting the Brain: How Far Would You Go? | Prof. Barbara Sahakian, Prof. Raymond Tallis, Revd Prof. Alasdair Coles, Dr Pete Moore, Dr Denis Alexander | Panel Discussion | October 25, 2013 |
| Does Cognitive Psychology Subvert Religious Belief? | Prof. James Jones | Seminar | May 14, 2013 |
| The Role of Thought Experiments in Science and Theology | Prof. Niels Gregersen | Seminar | February 19, 2013 |
| Brain, Mind and Free-Will: Did My Neurons Make Me Do It? | Prof. Bill Newsome | Course | July 11, 2012 |
| Free Choice and the Brain: Interpreting volition in a post-Libet Era | Prof. Bill Newsome | Seminar | May 15, 2012 |
| The Brain as a Neuronal Machine | Prof. Peter Clarke (deceased) | Course | July 21, 2011 |
| Free Will and the Scientific Study of the Mind: Oil and Water? | Prof. Tim O’Connor | Course | July 21, 2011 |
| Embodied Souls, Ensouled Bodies | Dr Marc Cortez | Course | July 21, 2011 |
| Brain Determinism and Free Will | Prof. Peter Clarke (deceased) | Seminar | February 8, 2011 |
| Neuronal Imaging of the Religious Brain | Revd Prof. Alasdair Coles | Seminar | October 12, 2010 |
| Imaging the Religious Brain: What can brain imaging tell us about religion | Revd Prof. Alasdair Coles | Course | September 14, 2010 |
| The Mind-Body Problem and Theology | Dr. William Struthers | Course | July 15, 2010 |
| Brain Imaging and Religious Experience | Revd Prof. Alasdair Coles | Course | July 15, 2010 |
| God, Mind and Brain | Prof. Bill Newsome | Lecture | April 27, 2010 |
| Consciousness in Psychological and Christian Perspectives | Dr. William Struthers | Course | August 13, 2009 |
| The Nature of Childhood Theism | Prof. Justin Barrett | Course | July 5, 2009 |
| The Evolution of Religious Brains | Prof. Justin Barrett | Course | July 4, 2009 |
| Psychological Science and the Knowledge of God | Dr Nicholas Gibson | Course | July 4, 2009 |
| The Neuroscience of Virtue | Prof. Warren Brown | Course | July 4, 2009 |
| Did My Neurons Make Me Do It? The Brain, Mind And Non-Reductive Physicalism | Prof. Warren Brown | Course | July 3, 2009 |
| Psychology and Religion: Is there a Ghost in the Machine | Prof. John McClure | Faraday New Zealand Day | March 14, 2009 |
| Historical Perspectives on Christianity and Mental Illness | Dr Allan Chapman | Seminar | February 3, 2009 |
| Genetics, Brain Plasticity and Personhood | Prof. Peter Clarke (deceased) | Course | July 25, 2008 |
| A Better Brain? Enhancement Examined | Dr Pete Moore | Course | July 25, 2008 |
| Developments in Neuroscience and Human Freedom: Some Theological and Philosophical Perspectives | Prof. Alan Torrance | Course | July 25, 2008 |
| Genetics, Plasticity and Personhood: The Brain in the 21st Century | Prof. Gareth Jones | Course | August 1, 2007 |
| Theology and the Neurosciences | Prof. Bill Newsome | Course | August 1, 2007 |
| Faith in an Age of Science: The Challenge of the Neurosciences | Prof. Bill Newsome | Course | November 9, 2006 |
| Genetics, plasticity and personhood: the Brain in the 21st Century | Prof. Gareth Jones | Course | July 19, 2006 |
| Does Biological Enhancement of the Brain Affect our Status as Images of God? | Prof. Gareth Jones | Course | July 19, 2006 |
| Brains and Persons | Dr Stuart Judge | Course | July 19, 2006 |
| Reconciling Neuropsychology and Theology | Prof. Warren Brown | Course | July 18, 2006 |
