2010 Symposium
Symposium Plenary Speakers
The 2010 Faith, Reason and World Affair Symposium will bring to campus a number of influential thinkers and writers from a variety of academic disciplines:Michael Saler (history, University of California-Davis): “From 'Just So' Stories to 'As If' Worlds: Modern Enchantment and Mass Culture"
Adam Frank (astronomy, University of Rochester): “The Constant Fire: Beyond the Science vs Religion Debate”
Ronald Thiemann (Harvard Divinity School): “Sacramental Realism: Relocating the Sacred"
Mary Evelyn Tucker (Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies): “Worldly Wonder: Religions Enter their Ecological Phase”
Judith Valente (PBS correspondent and award-winning poet), moderator of final panel discussion
The Symposium will also highlight a series of one-hour concurrent sessions to provide participants an opportunity to further explore various dimensions of the Symposium theme.
