Ward is visiting Chapman University as the 2016 Griset Lecturer in Christian Ethics. A philosopher, theologian and priest in the Church of England, he is the author of numerous bestselling books, including Christ and the Cosmos The Evidence for God God, Chance and Necessity Christianity: A Guide for the Perplexed Pascal’s Fire: Scientific Faith and Religious Understanding and Why There Almost Certainly Is a God-Doubting Dawkins. is Emeritus Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford and a fellow of the British Academy.
This debate is co-sponsored by the Griset Lectureship in Christian Ethics the Department of Religious Studies in Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences the Fish Interfaith Center and the Office of the Chancellor at Chapman University. Visitor parking information may be found at For more information, the public can call 71. Chapman chancellor and president-designate Daniele Struppa will moderate the proceedings.Īdmission is free and open to the public. This epic event, in which one of the world’s leading theists will debate one of the world’s leading atheists, takes place Monday, March 7 at 7:30 p.m. The debate will address such questions as: Can science really explain the origin of the universe, life, consciousness and morality without recourse to God? Or does science in fact provide enough evidence to make belief in God rational?
Noted British author, theologian and philosopher Keith Ward of Oxford University will take on scientist and skeptic Michael Shermer in a debate at Chapman University on the nature of reality, science and religion, and God’s existence.
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