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
| Title | Speaker(s) | Context | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Why Biological Evolution Should Inspire Worship | Dr Graeme Finlay | Seminar | May 9, 2024 |
| The Origin of Life: Chance, Necessity or Design | Dr Paul Rimmer | Seminar | April 25, 2024 |
| The Divine Logic of Evolution: Reading Evolutionary Biology Through the Lens of Maximus the Confessor’s Logoi Cosmology | Dr Andrew Jackson | Seminar | November 30, 2023 |
| Creation and Evolution: Digging Deeper | Matthew Fell | Course | April 13, 2023 |
| Creation and Evolution: An Introduction | Prof. Hugh Rollinson, Dr Ruth Bancewicz | Course | March 28, 2023 |
| Evolution by Design? Re-Evaluating the Darwin-Gray Exchange on the Compatibility of Purpose and Evolution | Dr Rope Kojonen | Seminar | February 23, 2023 |
| A Beautiful Quest: The Promise and Peril of Aesthetics in Science | Dr Brandon Vaidyanathan | Seminar | May 12, 2022 |
| Creation and Evolution | Matthew Fell | Course | February 14, 2022 |
| Pastoral Approaches to Differing Views on Creation | Dr Denis Alexander | Course | January 8, 2021 |
| Religion, Evolution and the Social Brain | Prof. Robin Dunbar | Seminar | October 27, 2020 |
| COVID-19: A Christian Response | Prof. Bob White FRS, Revd Dr Roger Abbott, Dr Denis Alexander | Seminar | May 28, 2020 |
| Evolutionary Genetics and Human Evolution | Prof. Keith Fox | Talk | July 2, 2019 |
| The Earliest Life on Earth | Prof. Hugh Rollinson | Seminar | January 22, 2019 |
| Natural Disasters – Whose Fault? | Revd Dr Roger Abbott | Course | January 9, 2019 |
| Creation and Evolution in the Muslim World | Prof. Nidhal Guessoum | Course | July 5, 2018 |
| Creation and Evolution – An Overview | Prof. Keith Fox | Course | July 3, 2018 |
| Creation and Evolution – how do they relate? | Prof. Keith Fox | Course | July 5, 2017 |
| Evolution, Adam and Eve, The Fall and Suffering | Dr Denis Alexander | Course | July 4, 2017 |
| Human Distinctiveness and the Origin of Evil in a Biblical and Evolutionary Perspective | Prof. J. Richard Middleton | Seminar | May 2, 2017 |
| Evolutionary Biology and the Bible | Dr Hilary Marlow | Course | April 30, 2017 |
| Evolution and the Qur’an in the Contemporary Muslim World | Professor Martin Reixinger | Course | April 30, 2017 |
| Evolution and the Qur’an in the Contemporary Muslim World | Professor Martin Reixinger | Course | April 30, 2017 |
| Scientific and Religious Definitions of a Human: Their Impact on Human Rights | Prof. John Evans | Seminar | November 8, 2016 |
| Biblical and Scientific Anthropologies in Conversation | Prof. Susan Eastman | Course | September 18, 2016 |
| Islam and Evolution | Dr Usama Hasan | Course | July 7, 2016 |
| Human Evolution and Moral Freedom | Dr David Lahti | Course | July 6, 2016 |
| The Reception of Evolutionary Ideas in the Muslim World | Dr Damian Howard | Seminar | March 8, 2016 |
| Fossils, Evolution and the Bible | Lizzie Henderson | Course | February 27, 2016 |
| Creation or Evolution: Do We Have To Choose? | Dr Denis Alexander | Course | January 6, 2016 |
| Genetics and Human Evolution | Dr Nicholas Ray | Course | July 8, 2015 |
| Theological issues arising from evolution | Dr Christopher Southgate | Course | July 8, 2015 |
| Science and the Bible: Genesis 1 | Revd Dr Ernest Lucas | Course | July 6, 2015 |
| Islam and Evolution: Is there a controversy? | Prof. Rana Dajani | Lecture | February 19, 2015 |
| Evil in Evolution – a Philosopher’s Perspective | Prof. Michael Murray | Course | July 10, 2014 |
| The Origins of Humanity: Cultural and Religious Development | Dr Cara Wall-Scheffler | Course | July 9, 2014 |
| Does Evolutionary Theory Undermine Religious Belief? | Prof. Michael Murray | Course | July 9, 2014 |
| Darwin: Evolution, Genes and God | Prof. John Bryant | Course | July 8, 2014 |
| Creation in the Bible and in Science | Dr Mark Harris | Course | July 7, 2014 |
| The Bible, Science and Creation | Revd Dr Ernest Lucas | Lecture | May 28, 2014 |
| Contingency, Convergence and Hyper-astronomical Numbers in Biological Evolution. | Dr Ard Louis | Seminar | April 29, 2014 |
| Evolution, Emergence and Philosophy | Prof. Tim O’Connor | Course | April 5, 2014 |
| Theological Issues arising from Evolution | Dr Denis Alexander | Course | January 13, 2014 |
| Creation or Evolution: Do we have to choose? | Dr Denis Alexander | Course | November 30, 2013 |
| New Approaches to the Origin of Life – Scientific and Theological | Dr Christopher Southgate | Seminar | October 15, 2013 |
| Human Anthropology and the Origins of Religion | Dr Cara Wall-Scheffler | Course | July 10, 2013 |
| Evolution, Cooperation and God | Prof. Sarah Coakley | Seminar | November 6, 2012 |
| Genetic and Cellular Complexity: A Critique of Intelligent Design | Dr Denis Alexander | Course | September 15, 2012 |
| Constructing Evolutionary History from Genetics and Palaeontology | Dr Robert Asher | Course | September 15, 2012 |
| Creation or Evolution? | Prof. John Bryant | Course | July 10, 2012 |
| Reading Genesis 1 with Ancient Eyes | Prof. John Walton | Course | July 9, 2012 |
| The Evolution of Cooperation | Prof. Martin Nowak | Lecture | May 28, 2012 |
| Naturalism and Evolutionary Theory | Prof. Elliott Sober | Lecture | May 24, 2012 |
| The Evolution of Morality | Dr David Lahti | Lecture | November 15, 2011 |
| Creation and Evolution | Prof. Keith Fox | Course | July 20, 2011 |
| Has Religion Evolved? | Dr David Lahti | Course | July 20, 2011 |
| The Secret History of Victorian Evolution | Prof. Jim Secord | Seminar | May 12, 2009 |
| God, Darwin and Design | Prof. Kenneth Miller | Lecture | April 28, 2009 |
| God and Darwin | Dr Denis Alexander | Panel Discussion | March 14, 2009 |
| The Story in our Genes | Dr Graeme Finlay | Faraday New Zealand Day | March 14, 2009 |
| Evolving Evolution | Revd Dr Graham O’Brien | Faraday New Zealand Day | March 14, 2009 |
| God, Providence, and the Evolutionary Phenomenon of Cooperation | Prof. Sarah Coakley | Lecture | November 18, 2008 |
| Human Evolution (for Church Leaders) | Prof. Darrel Falk | Course | November 5, 2008 |
| Human Evolution | Prof. Darrel Falk | Course | July 24, 2008 |
| Creationism and Intelligent Design | Prof. Darrel Falk | Course | July 24, 2008 |
| Genesis and Evolution | Revd Dr Ernest Lucas | Course | September 16, 2007 |
| Evolutionary evil and a good creation? | Prof. Jeff Schloss | Course | September 16, 2007 |
| Is Biological Evolution Inevitable? | Prof. Simon Conway Morris FRS | Course | September 15, 2007 |
| Can a Christian be a Darwinian? | Prof. Michael Ruse | Course | September 14, 2007 |
| Chance, Necessity and Evolution | Prof. Kenneth Miller | Course | July 31, 2007 |
| Naturalistic Explanations of Religion: Explaining or Explaining Away? | Prof. Jeff Schloss | Course | July 31, 2007 |
| Evolution and Fine-tuning in Biological Complexity | Dr Ard Louis | Course | July 30, 2007 |
| Evolution and Fine-Tuning in Biology | Prof. Simon Conway Morris FRS | Course | July 30, 2007 |
| Creationism and Intelligent Design | Prof. John Bryant | Course | March 31, 2007 |
| Does Evolution have any Religious Significance? | Dr Denis Alexander | Course | January 6, 2007 |
| Genesis and Phylogenesis | Dr Graeme Finlay | Course | November 8, 2006 |
| The Origin of Life | Dr Ard Louis | Course | July 27, 2006 |
| From Darwin to Scopes | Revd Michael Roberts | Course | July 24, 2006 |
| Emergence | Prof. Philip Clayton | Course | July 20, 2006 |
| Evolution and Fine-Tuning in Biology – Part 1 | Prof. Simon Conway Morris FRS | Course | July 18, 2006 |
| Evolution and Fine-Tuning in Biology – Part 2 | Prof. Simon Conway Morris FRS | Course | July 18, 2006 |
| The “End” of Love: Evolutionary Psychology, Altruism, and Human Flourishing | Prof. Jeff Schloss | Course | July 18, 2006 |
| The Evolution of Religion and the Religion of Evolution | Prof. Jeff Schloss | Course | July 18, 2006 |
| If the evolution of intelligence is inevitable, what are the theological implications? | Prof. Simon Conway Morris FRS | Seminar | May 30, 2006 |
| Evolution and Theology: Are They Connected? | Prof. R.J. Berry (deceased) FRSE | Course | April 8, 2006 |
