https://biologos.org/events/chemistry-and-creation-augustine-and-irenaeus-at-the-origin-of-life/
Event

17

Apr

POSTPONED: Chemistry and Creation: Augustine and Irenaeus at the Origin of Life

Featured Speaker: Ben McFarland 
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Date and Time

Starts: Apr 17, 2020 — 7:00PM EST

Ends: Apr 18, 2020 — 8:30PM EST

Location

Upper House,

365 East Campus Mall, #200

Madison, WI 53715

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This event has been postponed.

BioLogos Voices speaker Ben McFarland will present “Chemistry and Creation: Augustine and Irenaeus at the Origin of Life” on Friday, April 17, 2020 at Upper House in Madison, Wisconsin.

“How do the basic rules of chemistry shed light on the order we see in creation? In Dr. Ben McFarland’s vision, they provide a direction for creation and curbs for evolution; they show how God’s order and purpose run through billions of years of natural history. Speaking to us as a chemist and a Christian, Dr. McFarland will offer his take on the interplay of scientific and religious explanations for life. He will explore two metaphors depicting how God works with and through matter—St. Augustine’s “seeds of reason” and St. Irenaeus’ “two hands” of Christ and the Spirit. These tools can help us navigate controversial and complicated scientific questions, to discern the essentials from the non-essentials in areas from the origin of life to the current changing climate.”

Ben McFarland

Featured Speaker

Ben McFarland

Ben McFarland teaches biochemistry and chemistry at Seattle Pacific University in Seattle, Washington. He grew up near Kennedy Space Center and wanted to be a paleontologist in the second grade. He received a dual B.S. in Chemistry and Technical Writing from the University of Florida and a Ph.D. in Biomolecular Structure and Design from the University of Washington. His research uses the rules of chemistry to redesign immune system proteins. In 2013 he received an Evolution and Christian Faith (ECF) grant from BioLogos to write A World From Dust: How the Periodic Table Shaped Life (Oxford University Press, 2016). He lives near Seattle with his wife Laurie and his children Sam, Aidan, Brendan, and Benjamin.