The Center for Science and Culture
After a successful event in Spokane, we are excited to announce that Intelligent Design Education Day is coming to Tacoma, Washington! The theme — Creepy Crawly Complexity — returns this fall, inviting students to explore the incredible world of “creepy crawlies,” with special presentations and videos on insects and spiders (from the phylum Arthropoda), earthworms (Annelida), and roundworms (Nematoda). While learning about the complexity and Read More ›
Historically, the Summer Seminar program organized by the Center for Science & Culture has included two seminars offered concurrently: the Seminar on Intelligent Design in the Natural Sciences, designed for students and professionals in the natural sciences and the history and philosophy of science, and the C.S. Lewis Fellows Program on Science and Society, designed primarily for students and professionals in the Read More ›
The CSC Seminar on Intelligent Design in the Natural Sciences will prepare participants to make research contributions advancing the growing science of intelligent design (ID). The seminar will explore cutting-edge ID work in fields such as molecular biology, biochemistry, embryology, developmental biology, paleontology, computational biology, ID-theoretic mathematics, cosmology, physics, and the history and philosophy of science. The seminar will include presentations Read More ›
The C.S. Lewis Fellows Program on Science and Society will explore the growing impact of science on politics, economics, social policy, bioethics, theology, and the arts during the past century. The program is named after celebrated British writer C.S. Lewis, a perceptive critic of both scientism and technocracy in books such as The Abolition of Man and That Hideous Strength. Topics to be addressed include Read More ›
The 3rd-annual Faith & Science in the Age of Secularization conference will take place on June 13-14 at the Hotel Gromada Centrum in Warsaw, Poland. Discovery Institute Senior Fellows Paul Nelson and William Dembski will join theologian Robert Stackpole and Dominican friar and author Michał Chaberek to present on the scientific theory of intelligent design as an alternative to Darwinian Read More ›
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to hear from Discovery Institute Vice President and Center for Science & Culture Managing Director John G. West as he presents for Coram Deo Church on June 1. Drawing from his new book, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, Dr. West will examine the widespread sexual brokenness in our society — and how we can heal it. In Read More ›
Discovery Institute is excited to announce that Casey Luskin, Associate Director of the Center for Science & Culture, has been invited by Reasons to Believe to speak with Senior Research Scholar Jeff Zweerink on the possible existence of extraterrestrial life and its implications. The event will also feature a live audience Q&A, so bring your curiosity and your questions. A Read More ›
Join us for an evening lecture and discussion on the ways that science points to a Creator, co-hosted by the Center for Science & Culture and Open Door Ministry Presbyterian Church. The evening will feature CSC Fellow Paul Nelson and CSC Education & Outreach Ambassador Brian DeVries. They will show the harmony between contemporary science and the Bible. Special attention Read More ›
Discovery Institute is pleased to announce that Vice President and Center for Science & Culture Managing Director John G. West has been invited by Eric Metaxas to discuss the topic of his new book, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, at an upcoming Socrates in the Studio event in New York. Following a conversation with Andrew Klavan on his latest book, The Kingdom of Read More ›
Join us for a special webinar celebrating the 20th anniversary of The Privileged Planet. We’re excited to celebrate the release of the 2nd edition of the acclaimed book, joined by the authors themselves. In this free online webinar, astrobiologist Guillermo Gonzalez and philosopher of science Jay Richards will discuss groundbreaking scientific advances since the original 2004 publication, evaluate the implications Read More ›
On October 18–19, the Cleveland Lyceum will host a symposium on “God’s Grandeur: the Catholic Case for Intelligent Design” featuring Discovery Institute speakers Brian Miller and John West. The conference will be hosted in historic Brecksville, Ohio at St. Joseph’s Byzantine Catholic Church. Before the symposium begins on Friday, high school students will have the opportunity to hear from Brian Read More ›
Casey Luskin, Associate Director of the Center for Science & Culture, will present a lecture on “Intelligent Design, Science, and the Beginning of All Things: What is Intelligent Design and Why Does it Matter?” on October 9 in Atlanta, GA. The presentation starts at 6:30 pm in the Fellowship Hall at Westminster Presbyterian Church. There will be an opportunity for Read More ›
The inaugural event in a new “Encountering Beauty” series, this “Beauty in the Sciences” seminar hosted by the Museum of the Bible will feature four Center for Science & Culture Fellows. Guillermo Gonzalez, Jay Richards, Melissa Cain Travis, and Jonathan Witt will be joined by other speakers to explore the natural beauty of our world and its spiritual implications. Here’s Read More ›