Faith and Science in the Age of Secularization: Return of the God Hypothesis

Our Program

Monday, June 3

10.00 – Registration

11.00 – Opening statement: Mr. Sławomir Olejniczak, fr. Michael Chaberek

11.15 – Lecture I: God, Chance and Evolution, Jay Richards

12.00 – Break

12.30 – Lecture II: Cosmic Fine-Tuning as a Design Argument, Brian Miller

13.30 – Lunch

14.30 – Lecture III: Why proteins say ‘no’ to unguided evolution? Douglas Axe

16.30 – Departure for Krakow for a Debate

18.00 – 21.00 – Debate on Intelligent Design. Sponsor: En Arche Foundation, Double Tree Hilton, Krakow.

Tuesday, June 4

   7.30 – Optional Holy Mass

   8.15 – Breakfast

   9.15 – Lecture IV: Thomas Aquinas and Evolution, fr. Michael Chaberek

10.15 – Lecture V: Is our Planet Privileged? – New Insights. Jay W. Richards

11.15 – Break

11.45 – Lecture VI: Theories of Life Spontaneous Emergence and Their Scientific Failure. Brian Miller

13.00 – Lunch

14.30 – Lecture VII: Why unguided evolution cannot go around the ‘no’? Douglas Axe

15.30 – Lecture VIII: The Theology of John Templeton. fr. Michael Chaberek

16.30 – Break

17.30 – Panel: How have I departed from Darwinism? How have I adopted Intelligent Design?

18.30 – Q&A Session

19.30 – Conclusion

Lectures topics

Douglas Axe:

1. Why proteins say ‘no’ to unguided evolution?
2. Why unguided evolution cannot go around the ‘no’?

Jay W. Richards

1. God, Chance and Evolution
2. Is our Planet Privileged? – New Insights.

Brian Miller

1. Cosmic Fine-Tuning as a Design Argument
2. Theories of Life Spontaneous Emergence and Their Scientific Failure

Michael Chaberek

1. Thomas Aquinas and Evolution
2. The Theology of John Templeton