in association with the
Science and Religion Forum September 12th - 15th 2005 EINSTEIN, GOD and TIME The Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford |
2005 marked the hundredth anniversary of the publication of three of Albert Einstein's most famous papers , on the photoelectric effect, the special theory of relativity, and on statistical mechanics. His work on special and general relativity caused a massive re-assessment of the nature of time in physics, a discussion which continues to this day. This conference looked at time in science and in theology, and addressed some of the basic questions that this presents. The sessions took place in the Martin Wood Lecture Theatre , Clarendon Laboratory , part of the Department of Physics .
| Speakers: Prof John Hedley Brooke Dr Harvey Brown Prof Chris Isham |
Prof Jürgen Moltmann Prof Antje Jackelén Dr John Polkinghorne Prof Russell Stannard |
Programme
| Monday 12th September | |
| 2 pm onwards | Registration - Martin Wood Theatre Complex, Clarendon Laboratory |
| 3 mp | Tea |
| 3.30 pm | Welcome and opening session |
| 3.45 - 5.15 | Prof John Brooke If I were God ... : Einstein and Religion |
| 8 - 9.30 pm | Prof Russell Stannard Einstein for the Terrified (The Gowland Lecture) |
| Tuesday 13th September | |
| 9.30 am | Prof Antje Jackelén A relativistic eschatology? |
| 11.30 am | Prof Harvey Brown Einstein and Time |
| 4 - 5.30 pm | Short papers |
| 8 - 9.30pm | Prof Jürgen Moltmann When God and Time meet: the Resurrection of the Body ( The Ian Ramsey Lecture) |
| Wednesday 14th September | |
| 7.30 am | Holy Communion - St Giles' |
| 9.30 am | Prof Chris Isham Quantum Reality |
| 11.30 am | Dr John Polkinghorne Space, Time and Causality |
| 1.45 - 2.30 pm | AGM of the Science and Religion Forum |
| 4 - 5.30 pm | Short papers |
| 7.15 for 8 pm | Conference Banquet in celebration of the 80th birthday of the Rev'd Dr Arthur Pecocke, MBE - St Anne's College. After-dinner speaker: the Rev'd Dr Kenneth B Wilson, OBE |
| Thursday 15th September | |
| 9.30 am | Prof Chris Isham - Prof John Polkinghorne Can God know the future? Reflections on the Block Universe. |
| 11.30 am | Plenary Session - Prof Russell Stannard |
Conference Director: Dr Mike Parsons Executive Director, Ian Ramsey Centre
mike.parsons@theology.ox.ac.uk