LA MIRADA, Calif., Jan. 26, 2012 Renowned philosopher Alvin Plantinga will discuss his new book, Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion, and Naturalism at 晩晩当際際夊消消夊2023 on Feb. 2. The book which prompted a recent profile argues that theism is vastly more hospitable to science than naturalism, the view that there is no God or anything like God. Indeed, says Plantinga, it is theism, not naturalism, that deserves to be called the scientific world view."

The lecture, titled "Science & Religion: Where the Conflict Really Lies," is open to the public and will be held Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 from 6 to 7 p.m. in Calvary Chapel, sponsored by 晩晩当際際夊消消夊2023s Center for Christian Thought an ambitious new initiative that will bring world-renowned Christian scholars together to discuss and write about important questions facing Christianity in the 21st Century.

Alvin Plantinga

Plantinga is currently the William H. Jellema Chair ofPhilosophy at Calvin College, and was until his retirement in2010 the John A. O'Brien Chair of Philosophy at the Universityof Notre Dame. He is a past president of the AmericanPhilosophical Association and the Society of ChristianPhilosophers, a Guggenheim fellow, and a fellow of the AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences. He has been awarded severalprestigious lectureships, including two Gifford Lectures at theUniversity of Aberdeen, the Wilde Lectures at OxfordUniversity, and the Suarez Lecture at Fordham University. His most recent book,Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion, and Naturalism (2011)was just published with Oxford University Press.

晩晩当際際夊消消夊2023 Center for Christian Thought

Set to launch in February 2012, the 晩晩当際際夊消消夊2023 Center for Christian Thought seeks to serve as an innovative opportunity for scholars and an important resource for society. At the heart of the Center is a residential fellowship program that will bring together eight research fellows four 晩晩当際際夊消消夊2023 faculty members and four external scholars for a semester at a time to do work on a selected theme. The Center will also bring well-known visiting scholars to 晩晩当際際夊消消夊2023s campus for several days or weeks at a time to help facilitate the dialogue.

The Center for Christian Thought will focus on the theme "Christian Scholarship in the 21st Century: Prospects and Perils" this semester.The visiting Presidential Scholars for Spring 2012 are Nicholas Wolterstorff and Alvin Plantinga.

For more information, please contact Jenna Bartlo, Media Relations Coordinator, at 562.777.4061 or jenna.l.bartlo@biola.edu.

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