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LeRon Shults, International Association for the Cognitive Science of Religion meeting, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Atlanta, GA, November 23, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHacking the Religious Mind,\u201d Transhumanism and the Enhancement of Religion, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Atlanta, GA, November 21, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Panel presentation on \u201cSources and Resources for Transreligious Theology,\u201d Theology Without Walls Group, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Atlanta, GA, November 21, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnderstanding and Mitigating the Challenge of Ideologically Polarized Religious Conflict,\u201d Boston University School of Theology, Boston, MA, November 16, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Scientific Simulation of Religion: A Report on the \u2018Modeling Religion Project\u2019,\u201d with F. LeRon Shults, Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Newport Beach, CA, October 24, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSystem Dynamics Models of Religion,\u201d Modeling Religion Project Consultation Conference, Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, Suffolk, VA, October 16, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIntroduction to the Modeling Religion Project,\u201d Modeling Religion Project Consultation Conference, Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, Suffolk, VA, October 16, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCommunicating across Theological and Ideological Differences,\u201d Workshop, Boston University School of Theology, November 18, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cScience, Religion, and Naturalism,\u201d Keynote Lecture, International Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Conference, Sigmund Freud University, Germany, August 18, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cResearch Process: Real-Life Examples,\u201d to DMin entering class, Boston University, Boton, MA, August 12, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Incoherence of Personal Theism,\u201d a response to Gilbert Fulmer on \u201cPersons, Theology, and Cosmology,\u201d Thirteenth International Conference on Persons, Boston University, Boston, MA, August 5, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReligious Conflict and the Evolved Human Brain,\u201d Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand, June 8, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSimulating Cultural Evolution Using Massive Datasets,\u201d Keynote Address, Cultural Evolution of Religion Research Consortium conference, University of Montreal, May 7, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSimulation in the Scientific Study of Religion,\u201d Keynote Address, Spring Simulation Conference, Alexandria, Virginia, April 14, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReligious Conflict and the Human Brain,\u201d Lecture and Workshop Facilitation for Clergy Health Day, Drew University, April 9, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy Kind of Feminism,\u201d Anna Howard Shaw Center Lunchtime Speaker Series, February 19, 2015.<\/p>\n<h1>2010-2014<\/h1>\n<p>\u201cBook Symposium on Norenzayan\u2019s Big Gods,\u201d Cognitive Science of Religion Group, American Academy of Religion, San Diego, California, November 23, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPhenomenology of Intense Experiences,\u201d Humanities Institute, University of Connecticut, Storrs, November 18, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReligion and Science,\u201d Capital Region Theological Center, Albany, NY, November 1, 2014.<br \/>\n\u201cScientific Study of Religion,\u201d Capital Region Theological Center, Albany, NY, October 31, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Philosophical Framework for the Future of Spirituality,\u201d Institute for Philosophy and Religion, Boston University, October 29, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReligious Naturalism: What It Can Be, and What It Need Not Be,\u201d Boston Theological Society, October 23, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is Religious Naturalism?\u201d Zygon Center for Religion and Science Public Lecture, Chicago, October 20, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow to Resist Robert Neville\u2019s Creatio Ex Nihilo Argument in Three Easy Steps,\u201d Institute for American Religious and Philosophical Thought, Manitou Springs, Colorado, June 11, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cComparative Natural Theology,\u201d Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard University, April 10, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cQuantitative Modeling in the Scientific Study of Religion,\u201d American Academy of Religion, Baltimore, MD, November 24, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTillich\u2019s Systematic Theology as a Template for the Encounter of Christian Theology and Religious Naturalism,\u201d American Academy of Religion, Baltimore, MD, November 23, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExplaining the Stability of High-Cost Religious Groups,\u201d Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Boston, MA, November 9, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cComputer Simulation of Religious Sociality,\u201d Virginia Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation Center, Old Dominion University, September 20, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018I just don\u2019t understand those people!\u2019 Scientific perspectives on religious conflict,\u201d Wald Lecture, Union College, Schenectady, NY, May 15, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Importance of the Scientific Study of Religion for Theological Reflection,\u201d American Theological Society, March 22, 2013<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCultivating Compassion: Challenges and Choices for a Public Theology of Universal Love,\u201d Boston Theological Society, December 6, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Author\u2019s Response to Panel on <i>Religious and Spiritual Experiences<\/i> (Cambridge, 2011), American Academy of Religion, November 17, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cScience and Religion,\u201d LeMoyne College, Syracuse, NY, November 6, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Three Domains of Science and Religion: Scientific Study of Religion, Spirituality and Health Research, and Religion-Science Dialogue,\u201d LeMoyne College, Syracuse, NY, November 5, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Response and Discussion Panel on Virginia Sapiro Lowell Lecture on American Civil Discourse, Boston University, October 25, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cManaging Ideological Conflict through Understanding-Based Empathy,\u201d Boston University School of Theology, September 28, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTraining Religious Leaders in Religious Ideology Awareness,\u201d Boston University School of Theology, September 27, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMake it Start! Make it Stop! Technology and the Future of Religious Experience,\u201d Mynadnock Lyceum and New Hampshire Public Radio, Peterborough, NH, August 19, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u00c7atalh\u00f6y\u00fck and Processes of Civilizational Transformation\u201d (joint presentation with F. LeRon Shults), \u00c7atalh\u00f6y\u00fck Research Team, \u00c7atalh\u00f6y\u00fck, Turkey, July 12, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpectrums Research: Building Relationships through Understanding-based Empathy,\u201d Boston University School of Theology, March 26, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWestern Atheism from the Enlightenment to the Present,\u201d College of the Holy Cross, March 19, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy Does Science Matter for Theological Anthropology?\u201d New Haven Theological Discussion Group, March 17, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cResponse to Amesbury, Knepper, and Schillbrack on <i>Religious Philosophy as Multidisciplinary Comparative Inquiry<\/i>,\u201d Society for Philosophy of Religion, Savannah, GA, February 25, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cScientific Approaches to Violent Religious Extremism,\u201d Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict, Arizona State University, February 6, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Scientific Study of Religion as a Vital Component of the Academic Study of Religion,\u201d Arizona State University, February 6, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Future of Secular Humanism,\u201d lecture to Boston University Atheists and Secular Humanists, Boston, December 8, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDennett on the Value and Future of Religion,\u201d keynote lecture to Center for Inquiry conference on \u201cDaniel Dennett and the Scientific Study of Religion: A Celebration of the Fifth Anniversary of Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon,\u201d Amherst, New York, December 2-3, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReframing Transcendence: Conditions for the Compatibility of Ground-of-Being Theism and Religious Naturalism,\u201d Boston Theological Society, Boston, MA, December 1, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiology and Theology,\u201d Capital Region Theological Center, Albany, NY, November 5, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCosmology and Theology,\u201d Capital Region Theological Center, Albany, NY, November 5, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cViolent Religious Extremism in Scientific Perspective,\u201d Union College, November 4, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReligious Philosophy and Theology of Religion,\u201d University of Agder, September 20, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat would Luther do? Religious Extremism and Violence in the Reformation and Today,\u201d University of Agder, September 21, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReligion and Secularism,\u201d University of Agder, September 20, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIntroduction to the Multidimensional Religious Ideology Scale,\u201d presentation to the Second Conference of the Spectrums Project, May 17, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReframing Transcendence: Conditions for the Compatibility of Ground-of-Being Theism and Religious Naturalism,\u201d paper presented <i>in absentia<\/i> to conference on Naturalism and Transcendence, Copenhagen \u00a0 University, Denmark, April 29, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCompassion in Buddhist-Christian Comparative Perspective,\u201d lecture to Drepung Loseling Monastery, April 25, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCultivating Compassion: Challenges and Choices,\u201d lecture to conference on Compassion Meditation, Emory University, April 25, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCorrington\u2019s Ecstatic Naturalism in Light of the Scientific Study of Religion,\u201d lecture to First Annual Conference on Ecstatic Naturalism, Drew University, Madison, NJ, April 1, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Resilience of Religion in Secular Contexts in Light of the Cognitive Science of Religion,\u201d lecture to conference on \u201cSecularism in the Late Modern Age: Between New Atheisms and Religious Fundamentalisms,\u201d Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture, University of Virginia, January 28, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSlipping,\u201d presentation to Boston Theological Society, Newton, MA, November 11, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReligious and Spiritual Experiences,\u201d presentation to Boston University School of Theology Faculty, September 25, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cModeling Religiously Inspired and Rationalized Violence,\u201d presentation to the Boston University Religion Fellows Program, Boston University, September 20, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDescribing Religious and Spiritual Experiences,\u201d keynote address to Wisdom of the Ages IV Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, July 23, 2010<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe State of Research on Religious and Spiritual Experiences,\u201d keynote address to Wisdom of the Ages IV Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, July 23, 2010<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Development of the Scientific Study of Religion,\u201d to Conference on Religion and Science for Visiting Chinese Scholars, Walker Center, Newton, Massachusetts, July 9, 2010<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ambiguous Heritage and Perpetual Promise of Liberal Theology,\u201d keynote lecture to annual conference of the Highlands Institute for North American Religion, Philosophy, and Theology, Boulder, Colorado, June 17, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Future of Philosophy of Religion,\u201d Drake University, Des \u00a0 Moines, Iowa, Thursday April 22, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMultidisciplinarity in Philosophy of Religion,\u201d Drake University, Des\u00a0Moines, Iowa, Thursday April 22, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Life and Work of Claude Welch,\u201d to the American Theological Society, Princeton Theological Seminary, March 26, 2010<\/p>\n<h1>2005-2009<\/h1>\n<p>\u201cThe Argument from Neglect and the Nature of God,\u201d Science, Technology, and Religion Group, American Academy of Religion, Montreal, November 9, 2009.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHabitat and Religious Anthropology,\u201d Boston Theological Society, November 6, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCognitive Error and Contemplative Practices: The Cultivation of Discernment in Mind and Heart,\u201d Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies, American Academy of Religion, Chicago, October 31, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Neglected Type of Character Transformation,\u201d to Research Group, Religious and Psychological Well-Being Project, Boston, October 27, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSex and Religious Anthropology,\u201d New Haven Theological Discussion Group, October 18, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMake it Start, Make it Stop! Religious and Spiritual Experiences and the Longer-Range Future,\u201d public lecture at Boston University, Boston, MA, April 14, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUltimacy Images Arising from the Microbial Ocean,\u201d to the American Theological Society, April 5, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeeking Behind the Ideological Curtain: The Social Embedding of Religious and Spiritual Experiences,\u201d public lecture at Boston University, Boston, MA, March 17, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan You Trust Your Instincts? Cognitive Reliability and an Ecological-Semiotic Theory of Religious Engagement,\u201d public lecture at Boston University, Boston, MA, February 25, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Smorgasbord of Dangers and Delights: The Phenomenology of Religious and Spiritual Experiences,\u201d public lecture at Boston University, Boston, MA, December 10, 2007.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheology, Ethics, and the Biology of Sex Differences,\u201d to Science, Technology, and Religion Group, American Academy of Religion, San Diego, November 17, 2007.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRadical Ethics and a Polarized World,\u201d Willson Lecture to Oikos Scholar\u2019s program, Oklahoma \u00a0\u00a0 City University, October 26, 2007.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRadical Empathy and a Polarized Nation,\u201d Willson Lecture to Oikos Scholar\u2019s program, Oklahoma \u00a0\u00a0 City University, October 25, 2007.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRadical Inclusiveness and a Polarized Church,\u201d Willson Lecture to Oikos Scholar\u2019s program, Oklahoma City University, October 25, 2007.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpirituality and the Brain: A Revolutionary Scientific Approach to Religious and Spiritual Experiences,\u201d public lecture at Boston University, Boston, MA, October 1, 2007.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat Do We Think We Are Doing? A Framework for Interpreting Religious and Spiritual Experiences,\u201d public lecture at Boston University, Boston, MA, September 17, 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Consultation on Buddhism and Science, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA, April 20-21, 2007.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBehind, Between, and Beyond Anthropomorphic Models of Ultimate Reality,\u201d keynote address to the &#8220;Models of God&#8221; pre-conference, Pacific Coast Division of the American Philosophical Association, San Francisco, CA, April 4-5, 2007.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNaturalizing Ritual,\u201d response to H. Paul Santmire, \u201cRitualizing Nature,\u201d Boston Theological Society, December 7, 2006.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHand in Glove: Evaluating the Fit of Method and Theology in van Huyssteen\u2019s Interpretation of Human Uniqueness,\u201d to Science, Technology, and Religion group, American Academy of Religion, Washington DC, November 18-21, 2006.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKaufman on Creativity,\u201d to American Journal of Philosophy and Theology Group, American Academy of Religion, Washington DC, November 18-21, 2006.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Import of Physical Cosmology for Philosophy and Theology,\u201d to research conference on \u201cCosmology and Process Philosophy in Dialogue: Fundamental Philosophical Issues in Recent Cosmology and their Religious Significance,\u201d Center for Process Studies, Claremont, CA, October 7, 2006.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWildman on Griffin on Process Cosmology,\u201d to research conference on \u201cCosmology and Process Philosophy in Dialogue: Fundamental Philosophical Issues in Recent Cosmology and their Religious Significance,\u201d Center for Process Studies, Claremont, CA, October 5, 2006.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCausation-Based Relational Metaphysics,\u201d to the research conference on \u201cRelationality and Fundamental Physics,\u201d Queens College, Cambridge; discussed in my absence, September 2-3, 2006.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRadical Embodiment and Theological Anthropology,\u201d to the Annual Meeting of the Highlands Institute for American Religion, Philosophy, and Theology, Highlands, NC, June 15, 2006.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWildman on Rolston on God,\u201d response to Holmes Roston, followed by panel discussion, Institute for Philosophy and Religion, Boston University, January 24, 2006<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNeuroscience and Religious Experience,\u201d at Core Curriculum Science Forum, Boston University, December 7, 2005<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew Natural Theology,\u201d to New Haven Theological Discussion Group, Yale University, New Haven, CT, October 29, 2005<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Causal Theory of Relationality,\u201d to research conference on \u201cRelationality and Fundamental Physics,\u201d Academy of Sciences, Athens, October 14, 2005<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLiberal Evangelicals in the United States,\u201d presentation and retreat leader, Young Clergy Group, West Newbury, MA, September 23-24, 2005<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUltimacy and Suffering,\u201d to Research Conference on Natural Evil sponsored by the Vatican Observatory and the Center for Theology and Natural Sciences, Castel Gandolfo, Rome, September 15, 2005<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuffering in Nature,\u201d to Research Conference on Natural Evil sponsored by the Vatican Observatory and the Center for Theology and Natural Sciences, Castel Gandolfo, Rome, September 15, 2005<\/p>\n<p>\u201cScience and Religion in the Contemporary American Scene,\u201d to Summer Institute of the Chinese Christian Scholars Association in North America, Newton, MA, June 29, 2005<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Commentary on Gordon Kaufman\u2019s <i>In the Beginning\u2026Creativity<\/i>,\u201d Highlands Institute for American Religion, Philosophy, and Theology, Highlands, NC, June 24, 2005<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe New Natural Theology: Tracing the Path from Nature to Ultimate Reality,\u201d Highlands Institute for American Religion, Philosophy, and Theology, Highlands, NC, June 23, 2005<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIntroduction to the Science-Religion Specialization,\u201d Invited Lecture, Zhe Jiang University, Hang Zhou, China, January 8, 2005<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Value of the Science-Religion Specialization,\u201d Invited Lecture, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, January 6, 2005<\/p>\n<p>Member of panel on \u201cProspects for Religion in Modern China,\u201d Jilin University, Chang Chun, China, January 5, 2005<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Resilience of Religion in Secular, Scientific Environments,\u201d Jilin University, Chang Chun, China, January 5, 2005<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeyond Scientism, Superstition, and Fundamentalism: Harmonizing Science and Religion,\u201d Invited Lecture, Jilin University, Chang Chun, China, January 4, 2005<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHarmonizing Science and Religion,\u201d Invited Lecture, Heilong Jiang University, Harbin, China, January 3, 2005<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo Great Mistakes in the History of Science and Religion in the West,\u201d Invited Lecture, Harbin College, Harbin, China, January 2, 2005<\/p>\n<p>Member of panel on \u201cThe Future of Science and Religion in China,\u201d Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, January 2, 2005<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Inevitability of Religion and the Wisdom of Cooperation with Science,\u201d Invited Lecture, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, January 2, 2005<\/p>\n<h1>2000-2004<\/h1>\n<p>\u201cScience and Religion,\u201d Keynote Address to Sino-American Exchange on Science and Religion, Harbin Normal University, Harbin, China, December 31, 2004<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Value of the Science-Religion Specialization,\u201d Keynote Address to First Annual Conference on Science and Religion, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, December 28, 2004<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Review and Critique of \u2018The Divine Action Project\u2019\u2014A Dialogue among Scientists and Theologians,\u201d The Catherine and Henry J. Gaisman Annual Memorial Lecture, Tulane University, New Orleans, October 28, 2004<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLaw, Chance, Nature, and God,\u201d International Society for Science and Religion, Boston, Massachusetts, August 19, 2004<\/p>\n<p>Member of panel roundtable on \u201cTypes, Virtues, and Liabilities of Religious Naturalism,\u201d Highlands Institute for American Religious Thought Members\u2019 Seminar, Highlands, North Carolina, June 25, 2004<\/p>\n<p>Chair of panel session on \u201cCorrington\u2019s Aesthetic Naturalism,\u201d Highlands Institute for American Religious Thought Members\u2019 Seminar, Highlands, North \u00a0 Carolina, June 24, 2004<\/p>\n<p>\u201cScience and Religion: What it is and how to teach it,\u201d to conference of visiting Chinese professors sponsored by Chinese Christian Scholars Association in North America, Newton, Massachusetts, June 17, 2004<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Resilience of Religion in Secular Social Environments,\u201d Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, March 9, 2004<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsensus and Divergence: A Review of the Divine Action Project, Castel Gandolfo, Italy, September, 2003<\/p>\n<p>\u201cQuantum Mechanics and Divine Action,\u201d to Divine Action Project, Castel Gandolfo, Italy, September, 2003<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReligious Experience and the Church,\u201d to one-day symposium devoted to my work on the topic, Boston University, August, 2003<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Theological Project of Robert Cummings Neville,\u201d to American Theological Society, Princeton Theological Seminary, April 5, 2003<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoes God Direct Evolution? A Discussion of Purpose in Nature from Aristotle to the Intelligent Design Movement,\u201d to Boston University Philosophy Club, November 12, 2002<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Pragmatic Approach to Rationality in Science and Religion,\u201d to Goethe Institute Conference on Religion in Dialogue with Science, Tradition and Plural Cultures, Boston University, October 22-24, 2002<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSolving Complicated Problems: A Pragmatist Philosophical Framework for Negotiating Competing Truth Claims,\u201d to CTNS Science and Religion Conference, Harvard University, July 2, 2002<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWildman on Smith on Chemically-Assisted Religious Experience,\u201d response to Huston Smith for Institute for Philosophy and Religion, Boston University, November 14, 2001<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJohn,\u201d dramatic presentation\/lecture to Humanities Core Curriculum<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReligious Diversity,\u201d to Fall Info Blizzard, Boston University, October 2, 2001<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsciousness Expanded: Western Evolutionary Theory Meets South Asian Philosophy,\u201d International Seminar on Science and Metaphysics: A Discussion on Consciousness and Genetics, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bangalore, India, June 26, 2001<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMetaphysical Implications of Modern Science,\u201d Panel Chair and Presenter, International Seminar on Science and Metaphysics: A Discussion on Consciousness and Genetics, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bangalore, India, June 25, 2001<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Theological Appraisal of the Neuropsychological Study of Religious Experience,\u201d CTNS Science and Religion Course Program, Advanced Workshop, Montreal, June 1, 2001<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWildman on Ferr\u00e9 on Values,\u201d American Theological Society, Princeton, NJ, April 21, 2001<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpeaking of Ultimacy,\u201d Boston Theological Society, April 5, 2001<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheology, Science, and Animals,\u201d Tufts University, Veterinary School, March 30, 2001<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReligion and Science in Action: Changing Education, Inquiry, and Practice,\u201d Templeton Lecture, Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT, February 8, 2001<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWildman on Neville on Courage,\u201d response to Robert Cummings Neville, \u201cCourage: Heroes and Anti-heroes,\u201d Institute for Philosophy and Religion, Boston University, January 24, 2001<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaking Scholarly Expertise Count: Paths Toward Action,\u201d Plenary Address to Future Visions Conference, State of the World Forum 2000, New York, September 7, 2000<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe State of Scholarship in Science and Religion at the Turn of the Century,\u201d Inaugural Keynote Address to the First Annual Boston Theological Institute Science and Religion Colloquium, Boston University, April 27, 2000<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReligion and Ecology\u2014Blending Research and Action,\u201d panel with Mary Evelyn Tucker, Boston University, March 14, 2000<\/p>\n<h1>1995-1999<\/h1>\n<p>\u201cMoral Values from Scientific and Religious Perspectives,\u201d visiting lecture, Simmons College, Boston, November 8, 1999<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRelevance is the Question: Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Field Theory in relation to Theological Topics in the World\u2019s Religions,\u201d to the Pre-Conference of the Vatican Observatory-Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences Divine Action Project, Wye College, University of London, Kent, England, September 26, 1999<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRethinking the Ethics of Biotechnology,\u201d to the Bioethics and Cloning Conference, Boston University, June 1, 1999<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ethics of Fetal Cell Transplants,\u201d dialogue with Susan Stafford, Simmons College, Boston, April 27, 1999<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWilson and Gould: When Scientists Let their Hair Down,\u201d faculty lecture, Providence College, Connecticut, April 16, 1999<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoes the Universe have a Purpose?\u201d public lecture, Biology Lecture Series, Providence College, Connecticut, April 16, 1999<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReligion and Science,\u201d visiting lecture, Simmons College, Boston, March 23, 1999<\/p>\n<p>\u201cComparing Religious Ideas: A New Approach,\u201d public lecture, Adelaide College of Divinity, Australia, March 16, 1999<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJesus Christ for Today,\u201d public lecture, Adelaide College of Divinity, Australia, March 11, 1999<\/p>\n<p>\u201cComparing Religious Ideas: A New Approach,\u201d interdisciplinary Social Science faculty lecture, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia, March 5, 1999<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIntegration in Theological Education,\u201d to the faculty of United Theological College, Sydney, Australia, March 2, 1999<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdventures in Genetic Technology,\u201d response paper to Highlands Institute for American Religion, Philosophy, and Theology, Orlando, November 23, 1998<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheology and Science in Global Philosophical Perspective,\u201d to conference, \u201cThe Interplay between Philosophy, Science, and Religion: The European Tradition,\u201d Leuven, Belgium, November 18, 1998<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe State of Science and Religion Teaching,\u201d to the Advisory Committee for the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences\u2019 Science and Religion Course Program, November 1, 1998<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s Happening in Recent Science and Theology?\u201d lecture to Pastor\u2019s Colloquium, September 14, 1998<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Neuropsychological-Semiotic Theory of Religious Experience,\u201d with Leslie Brothers, Vatican Observatory and Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences meeting, Krakow, Poland, June, 1998<\/p>\n<p>Chair of Plenary Session for Christianity and Ecology Conference, Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard, April 17, 1998<\/p>\n<p>Presentation on \u201cChurch-Seminary Relations\u201d to Faculty, Staff, and Student Retreat, Boston University, March 25, 1998<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Dynamics of the Cognitive Breakdown of Religious Symbols,\u201d to Boston Theological Society, February 10, 1998<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPedagogy in the Theology and Science Classroom,\u201d lecture to Templeton Science and Religion Workshop, Berkeley, January 17, 1997<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s Happening in Recent Theology?\u201d lecture to Pastors\u2019 Colloquium, Boston University, October 6, 1997<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Problem of Suffering in Job,\u201d lecture to Humanities Core Curriculum, Boston University, October 2, 1997<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCoordinating Biological, Social, and Religious Visions of Humanity,\u201d public lecture at Truman State University, Missouri, September 25, 1997<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheology and Science from a Pragmatic Philosophical Perspective,\u201d lecture to the Philosophy and Religion Club at Truman State \u00a0 University, Missouri, September 25, 1997<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNeurophysiology and Language about Ultimacy,\u201d CTNS\/Vatican Observatory Joint Preconference on Divine Action, Berkeley, September 14, 1997<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStrategic Mechanisms within Religious Symbol Systems,\u201d LAUD Symposium, University of Duisburg, Germany, April, 1997<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrain, Consciousness, and Theology,\u201d FASET Lecture Series at Trinity Episcopal Church, Concord, Massachusetts, March 9, 1997<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNotes on Lamentations,\u201d program notes for Julian Wachner, \u201cLamentations,\u201d December 31, 1996<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGod and Loneliness,\u201d Boston Theological Society, December 10, 1996<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSlipping into Horror: A Theological Approach to the Underside of Life,\u201d at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, New Orleans, November 25, 1996<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Challenge of Theological Anthropology: Coordinating Biological, Social, and Religious Visions of Humanity,\u201d at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, New Orleans, November 24, 1996<\/p>\n<p>\u201cScience and Religion at CTNS: Retrospect, Prospect, Celebration,\u201d public lecture with W. Mark Richardson for CTNS, Berkeley, November 11, 1996<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Praise of Loneliness,\u201d Institute for Philosophy and Religion Lecture Series, Boston University, October 23, 1996<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvolution, Teleology, and Divine Action,\u201d CTNS\/Vatican Observatory Joint Conference on Divine Action, Castel Gondolfo, Rome, June 28, 1996<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReligion and Science Update: Religious Anthropology and Evolutionary Theory,\u201d to Lunchtime Seminar Series, Marsh Chapel, March 30, 1996<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHart on Fall or Fault in Human Nature,\u201d response paper for Institute for Philosophy and Religion, Boston University, April 10, 1996<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvolution, Teleology and Metaphysical Ambiguity,\u201d to Boston Theological Society, April 9, 1996<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReligious Pluralism and Social Stability,\u201d to Symposium on Theology, Philosophy, and Religion, Boston University, February 17, 1995<\/p>\n<h1>1991-1994<\/h1>\n<p>\u201cChristology and Cult, Faith and History: A Troeltschian Interpretation,\u201d to Boston Theological Society, December 13, 1994<\/p>\n<p>Participant in Boston Theological Institute\u2019s \u201cTheology of Life\u201d Roundtable Conference (two meetings, October and December, 1994)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIntroduction to Chaos Theory,\u201d to meeting of US Delegates to Vatican Observatory Conference on Chaos Theory and Divine Action, September, 1994<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoing Metaphysics Properly,\u201d to Colloquium of Faculty of the Sydney College of Divinity, United Theological College, Sydney Australia, August\u00a09, 1994<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDivine Action,\u201d United Theological College, Sydney, Australia, August\u00a09, 1994<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGod and the New Physics,\u201d United Theological College, Sydney, Australia, August\u00a09, 1994<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGetting Clear About Similarities and Differences Between Theology and Science,\u201d Public Lecture for Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA, May\u00a09, 1994<\/p>\n<p>Panel Member for Research Conference on Ellis, <i>Before the Beginning<\/i>, Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA, April\u00a016, 1994<\/p>\n<p>\u201cModest Christology\u201d at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Washington\u00a0DC, November, 1993<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is Metaphysics Good For?\u201d to the Boston University Society for Theology, Religion and Philosophy, Boston, MA, September\u00a023, 1993<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Modest Christology,\u201d Boston University School of Theology, Boston, MA, February, 1993<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Study of the Logistic Mapping: A Simple Deterministic Equation Showing Chaotic Behavior\u201d at the Conference of US Delegates to the Vatican Observatory\/Center for Theology and Natural Sciences Research Project on Chaos, Complexity and Self-Organization, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA, October 23-25, 1992<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheology and Science in Contemporary Perspective,\u201d Tenth Anniversary Lecture for Center for Theology and Natural Sciences, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA, April 1992<\/p>\n<p>\u201cScience and Theology in the Seminary,\u201d Public Lecture for the Center for Theology and Natural Sciences, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA, 1991<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2015 Onwards Panel on \u201cComputer Modeling and Simulation using Big Datasets,\u201d International Association for the Cognitive Science of Religion, Vancouver, Canada, August 23, 2016. \u201cResearch Methods,\u201d to DMin Candidates, Boston University School of Theology, August 10, 2016. \u201cComputer Modeling and Simulation for Religious Studies,\u201d Religion Department, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, July 27, 2016. 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