|
Friday 2
September
|
|
|
7.00 pm
|
Registration
|
|
7.30 pm
|
Prof Gareth Jones, University of Otago, NZ
Welcome
|
|
7.45 pm
|
Prof Peter Anstey, University of Otago, NZ
The Challenge of the New Atheism 
|
|
8.45 pm
|
Light Supper
|
|
|
|
Saturday 3 September
|
|
|
9.00 am
|
Dr Denis Alexander, The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, UK
Is Evolution Intrinsically Atheistic?
|
|
10.00 am
|
Morning Tea
|
|
10.30 am
|
Prof Robert (Bob) White, The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, UK
Natural Disasters and the Problem of Evil
|
|
11.30 am
|
Prof C (Stephen) Evans, Baylor University, USA
'Is There a Presumption of Atheism? Natural Theology as a Rebuttal of Naturalism'
|
|
12.30 pm
|
Lunch
|
|
1.30 pm
|
Prof Murray Rae, University of Otago, NZ
God and Ethics: On Learning to Speak Truthfully About Moral Failure
|
|
2.30 pm
|
Afternoon Tea
|
|
3.00 pm
|
Dr Tim Meadowcroft, Laidlaw College, NZ
Is the God of the Old Testament a Tyrant?
|
|
4.00 pm
|
Speakers Panel:
Reassessing the Challenges
|
|
5.00 pm
|
Conference End
|
