Fwd: March 1 Elizabethtown College, PA: Intelligent Design The Scientific, Theological, and Civil Dimensi

A conference of interest, esp to ASAers in the mid-Atlantic region,

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attached mail follows:

Intelligent Design
The Scientific, Theological, and Civil Dimensions of the Debate

Tuesday, March 1:

9:00-9:15 Opening remarks by President Long
9:15-9:30 Introduction of topic and speakers by moderator Michael
Silberstein

Session I: Scientific Dimensions

9:30-10:15 Michael Behe
Professor of Biochemistry, Lehigh University, author of Darwin's Black Box.
America's best known advocate of intelligent design
10:15-11:00 Niall Shanks
Professor of Philosophy, East Tennessee State University, author of God, the
Devil, and Darwin. A leading critic of intelligent design.
11:00-11:10 Behe rebuttal
11:10-11:20 Shanks rebuttal
11:20-11:40 Questions from the audience
11:40-12:45 Lunch

Session II: Theological Dimensions

12:45-1:30 Rev. Dave Martin
Senior Pastor, Evangelical Free Church, Hershey, PA, author of Trinity: A
Century of Training Christian Leaders.
1:30-2:15 Jack Haught
Professor of Theology, Georgetown University, author of God After Darwin and
Deeper than Darwin.
2:15-2:25 Martin rebuttal
2:25-2:35 Haught rebuttal
2:35-2:50 Questions from the audience

2:50-3:00 Break

Session III: Civil and Legal Dimensions

3:00-3:45 Richard Thompson
President and Chief Counsel, Thomas More Law Center, Ann Arbor MI, who will
represent the Dover school district in an upcoming lawsuit.
3:45-4:30 Vic Walczak
Legal Director, Greater Pittsburgh Chapter of the ACLU Foundation of
Pennsylvania,oneof the attorneys filing the federal lawsuit.
4:30-4:40 Thompson rebutta l
4:40-4:50 Walczak rebutta l
4:50-5:05 Questions from the audience
5:05-5:40 Questions from the audience for the entire panel

5:40-7:30 Dinner

7:30-7:40 Opening remarks by President Long
7:40-7:45 Moderator Michael Silberstein introduces the speaker

Session IV: Evening Capstone Lecture

7:45-8:45 Paul Gross
University Professor of Life Sciences,emeritus,University of Virginia,
co-author of Higher Superstitions and Creationism's Trojan Horse.
8:45-9:00 Questions from the other speakers for Gross (panel)
9:00-9:30 Questions from the audience for Gross

Michael Silberstein , Director
Elizabethtown College Center for Science and Religion
Elizabethtown College
Elizabethtown, PA17022
Email: silbermd@etown.edu
Phone: 717.361.1253
Received on Wed Feb 2 09:35:09 2005