Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic magazine, and R. Douglas
Geivett, professor of philosophy in the Talbot School of Theology at Biola
University, La Mirada, Calif., will debate “Does God Exist?” on Monday, May 24,
at 7 p.m. in Old Chapel.
Geivett specializes in epistemology, philosophy of religion, and
philosophical theology. His published books include Contemporary
Perspectives on Religious Epistemology, co-edited with Brendan Sweetman
(Oxford University Press, 1992), Evil and the Evidence for God (Temple
University Press, 1993), and In Defense of Miracles, co-edited with Gary
R. Habermas (InterVarsity Press, 1997).
Shermer is director of the Skeptics Society, and the host of the
Skeptics Lecture Series at Caltech. He is the author of Why People Believe
Weird Things (W. H. Freeman, 1997) and How We Believe: The Search for
God in an Age of Science (W. H. Freeman, 1999). His analysis and
debunking of Holocaust denial can be found in his book Denying History,
co-authored with Alex Grobman (in press). He has his own radio show, Science Talk With Michael Shermer, on
NPR. He has contributed to documentaries aired on A & E, The
Discovery Channel, and the Learning Channel.
The debate has been organized by
students of Psychology 135: The Psychology of Religion, and the Psychology
Department.