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The Intersection ofFaith & ScienceFaith and Science are often cast as antagonists in the battle for minds and hearts. Our starting point will be the “awesome wonders” of God’s creation as we consider how faith and science both are part of the fabric of God’s creation. The boundary between faith and science is at times challenging and difficult. How do we reconcile our faith with the world of science often portrayed as an adversary of faith? Join us as we explore this intersection through the experience and insights of scientists who are committed followers of Christ. Conference presentations and interaction with the speakers will help participants be better prepared to speak “to the hope that is within” and engage more effectively in the faith-science discus-sion that impacts us all.
About the GreatRoom Lecture SeriesFairfax Community’s Great Room Lecture Series focuses on equipping followers of Christ for greater Kingdom impact in the “marketplace” through presentations that combine Biblical scholarship with “best practice” examples of living out a thoughtful and relevant witness in places where faith, culture, and vocation intersect.
About the SpeakersFrancis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D.Keynote Speaker
Francis S. Collins, a physician-geneticist noted for his landmark discoveries of disease genes, and his visionary leadership of the Human Genome Project (HGP), is direc-tor of the National Human Genome Research Institute
(NHGRI). Collins oversaw the HGP, the international effort to map and sequence the 3 billion letters in the human DNA instruction book. Many consider this project to have been the most significant scientific undertaking of our time. Dr. Collins is author of The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief, winner of the Christianity Today 2007 Book Award for Apologetics/Evangelism. Christianity Today says, “He faces head-on the most tactically challenging issues that keep people from Christian faith in our time with both clarity and charity. And by showing a Christian who loves creation, science, his neighbors, and his Lord, it presents a rare and welcome picture of mature Christian character.”
Kevin Heaney, Ph.D.Session Speaker
Kevin Heaney received his Ph.D. in Applied Ocean Sciences from Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 1997. For the past 17 years he has worked in industry and academia conducting research in ocean acoustics.
His research interests include underwater sound propagation, including across ocean transmissions, monitoring climate change, ocean modeling and passively tracking marine mammals. He is currently working as a consultant for the Office of Naval Research.
Michael E. Summers, Ph.D.Session Speaker
Michael E. Summers is a professor at George Mason Uni-versity and planetary scientist who studies the structure, origin, and evolution of planetary atmospheres. Sum-mers received his Ph.D. from the California Institute of
Technology in 1985. Summers is currently a member of the science team of the New Horizons mission to Pluto, launched in January 2006. His research on Earth’s atmosphere has focused on atmospheric ozone and the formation of noctilucent clouds, which are the highest clouds on Earth. He is a member of the science team of the AIM satellite mission that was launched in 2007 to study the role of these clouds as possibly the most sensitive indicator of global climate change.
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The Language of God:A Scientist-Believer Looks at the Human Genome7:00—8:45 pm | Dr. Francis S. CollinsFaith in God and faith in science can be harmonious—combined into one worldview. Dr. Collins will share about his own journey from atheism to faith, and take us through his experience of helping oversee the Human Genome Project’s stunning sequencing of the code of life. He will help us understand how modern science can all fit together with belief in God and the Bible.
Dessert Reception & Book Signing8:45—9:45 pm | Dr. Francis S. Collins in The Great Room
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Breakfast8:30—9:00 am | In The Great Room
The Oceans Declare:Exploring the Wonder and Majesty of our Blue Planet9:00—10:30 am | Dr. Kevin HeaneyOceanography involves the application of a wide variety of scientific disciplines to the ocean. In this presentation Dr. Heaney will recount how God led him to his career as an oceanographer. He will share his experience of the clash between faith and science in addition to looking at the questions of how science should influence our faith; how faith should influence our response to science; and how one can, in the midst of mystery and wonder, worship the living God.
Psalm 19: The Heavens Declare the Glory of God11:00—12:30 am | Dr. Michael E. SummersThe science of astronomy brings us face-to-face with God’s creation, his handiwork, on the grandest of scales in space and time. We see a universe that is vast beyond comprehension, but that is governed by laws that are amazingly simple. The consequences of these simple, yet carefully crafted laws are truly breathtaking. We have a universe that is perfectly suited for us to be here and to wonder at its creation. The story of God’s creation is written in the stars, just as the Psalmist tells us. The science of astronomy is helping us piece together that story and in this talk Dr. Summers will show some glimpses of its grandeur.
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