The Cambridge Roundtable on Science and Religion

Event Details


God & The Human Mind: How Do Cognitive Science and Neuroscience Interface with Religion?

January 27, 2021
6:00pm

Tania Lombrozo - Arthur W. Marks ’19 Professor and Associate Chair of Psychology | Director, Concepts and Cognition Lab | Princeton University...... Jordan Grafman - Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Director, Brain Injury   Research, Shirley Ryan Ability Lab | Northwestern University...... Justin Barrett - Editor, Oxford University Press Handbook for Cognitive Science of Religion (forthcoming).
Thanks to positive responses to our summer (intellectual humility) and fall (scientists and religion) virtual roundtables, received from professors across the entire Ivy League and other distinguished institutions from Boston to Chicago to The Research Triangle, we will continue to offer these rewarding experiences. 
 
Sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation, please accept this invitation to The Cambridge Faculty Roundtable January 27, 2021 as we meet virtually to address and discuss:
 
God & The Human Mind: How Do Cognitive Science and Neuroscience Interface with Religion?
 
featuring...
 
Tania Lombrozo - Arthur W. Marks ’19 Professor and Associate Chair of Psychology, Director, Concepts and Cognition Lab, Princeton University. 

Jordan Grafman - Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Director, Brain Injury Research, Shirley Ryan Ability Lab, Northwestern University.
 
Justin Barrett - Editor, Oxford University Press Handbook for Cognitive Science of Religion (forthcoming).

Our evening will include discussion of the latest research regarding the cognitive science and neuroscience of religion and what implications those findings might have for religious belief. Take a break from on-line teaching and committee meetings and enjoy exploring this intersection of faith, philosophy and science by mixing with colleagues for cultivation, content, and controversy.