Theologian John Haught to discuss evolution, faith Sept. 19

GREENCASTLE, Ind. - John F. Haught, author of the book, Is Nature Enough? Meaning and Truth in the Age of Science, will deliver the Mendenhall Lecture at DePauw University on Tuesday, Sept. 19. Haught will discuss "Evolution and Faith: What is at Stake?" at 7:30 p.m. in Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church. The program is free and open to all.

"Haught makes a solid and sometimes elegant case that an evolutionary universe can still manifest divine purpose and promise."

- Publishers Weekly

Haught is Distinguished Research Professor of Theology at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. His area of specialization is systematic theology, with a particular interest in issues pertaining to science, cosmology, evolution, ecology and religion. The author of more than a dozen books, Haught was the 2002 winner of the Owen Garrigan Award in Science and Religion, and received the Sophia Award for Theological Excellence in 2004.

In a review of Haught's book Deeper Than Darwin: The Prospect For Religion In the Age Of Evolution, Publisher's Weekly wrote: "Haught, director of the Georgetown Center for the Study of Science and Religion, makes a solid and sometimes elegant case that an evolutionary universe can still manifest divine purpose and promise. The basic idea of 'evolutionary theism' is nothing new... But this book invigorates the debate by interacting with more recent literature while introducing some fresh lines of argument."

The Mendenhall Lectures, which were inaugurated in 1913, were endowed by the Rev. Dr. Marmaduke H. Mendenhall, a pastor in the North Indiana Conference. The endowment has allowed DePauw to bring theological and religious scholars of international repute to campus for nearly a century.

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