The Witherspoon Memorial Lectures in Religion and Science are made possible through the generosity of the late Mr. William Witherspoon, a longtime benefactor of Religious Studies at Washington University in St. Louis. Mr. Witherspoon was a distinguished economist and investment counselor with a deep interest in the link between religion and science.
2014
"Islamic Bioethics: A Partnership between Religion and Science"
Abdulaziz Sachedina (George Mason University)
2014
"Change Your Brain by Transforming Your Mind"
Richard J. Davidson (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
2011
"A ‘Science of Religions,’ So-Called: The Nineteenth-Century Promises and Perils of a New Human Science"
Leigh Eric Schmidt (Washington University in St. Louis)
2010
"The Lion's Blood: Anna Zieglerin and the Alchemical Redemption of the World"
Tara Nummedal (Brown University)
2009
"Religious Naturalism and Ecomorality"
Ursula Goodenough (Washington University in St. Louis)
2009
"Antievolution in America: From Creation Science to Intelligent Design"
Ronald L. Numbers (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
2008
"From Quantum to Consciousness: Does Emergence Support the Language of Spirit?"
Philip Clayton (Claremont School of Theology & Claremont Graduate University)
2006
"Finding Darwin's God"
Kenneth R. Miller (Brown University)
2005
"Neuroscience and the Soul"
Nancey Murphy (Fuller Theological Seminary)
2005
"The Florentine Heretic: Galileo, the Church and the Cosmos"
David C. Lindberg (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
2004
"Science and the Quest for Cosmic Purpose"
John F. Haught (Georgetown University)
2003
"Cosmic History: Law, Chance and Design"
Ian Barbour (Carleton College)
2003
"Genes, Genesis, and God"
Holmes Rolston III (Colorado State University)
2002
"Islam and Science"
Ahmet Karamustafa (Washington University in St. Louis)
2001
"Science and/or Religion"
Steven Weinberg (University of Texas, Austin)