John Haught, a distinguished research professor of theology at Georgetown University, will speak Wednesday, April 11, at 7 p.m. in the Reamer Campus Center Auditorium.
Haught's talk, “Science, Religion and the Quest for Cosmic Purpose,” is part of the John and Jane Wold Religious Studies Lecture Series. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Haught received his doctorate from the Catholic University of America and has served as chair of Georgetown's Department of Theology. His research interests include science and religion, cosmology and theology and religion and ecology.
Haught edited the book, “Science and Religion: In Search of Cosmic Purpose (Georgetown University Press, 2001) and has written extensively on the relations between religion and evolution.
He is the author of “Is Nature Enough? Meaning and Truth in the Age of Science” (Cambridge University Press, 2007); “Deeper than Darwin: The Prospect for Religion in the Age of Evolution” (Westview Press, 2003); “Responses to 101 Questions on God and Evolution” (Paulist Press, 2001); “God After Darwin: A Theology of Evolution” (Westview Press, 2000) and “Science and Religion: From Conflict to Conversation” (Paulist Press, 1995).
The lecture is sponsored by the Religious Studies program.