{"id":10,"date":"2020-03-02T20:22:22","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T20:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/charles-h-townes-lecture-series\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2020-03-05T15:05:07","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T15:05:07","slug":"previous-lecturers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/charles-h-townes-lecture-series\/previous-lecturers\/","title":{"rendered":"Previous Lecturers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every year, the Charles H. Townes Lecture Series invites prominent scholars and public intellectuals to discuss aspects of the relationship between science and religion.<\/p>\n

Previous Charles H. Townes Lecturers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Academic Year<\/th>\nLecturer<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
2006\u20132007<\/td>\nOwen Gingerich<\/strong>
\nResearch Professor of Astronomy and of the History of Science at Harvard University; Senior Astronomer Emeritus, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007\u20132008<\/td>\nNancey Murphy<\/strong>
\nProfessor of Christian Philosophy Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008\u20132009<\/td>\nFreeman Dyson<\/strong>
\nProfessor Emeritus, Institute for Advanced Study Princeton, New Jersey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009\u20132010<\/td>\nAlbert L. Blackwell<\/strong>
\nReuben B. Pitts Professor of Religion Emeritus Furman University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010\u20132011<\/td>\nHolmes Rolston III<\/strong>
\nProfessor of Philosophy Emeritus Colorado State University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011\u20132012<\/td>\nMarilynne Robinson<\/strong>
\nNovelist and Essayist Iowa Writers\u2019 Workshop, University of Iowa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012\u20132013<\/td>\nPhilip Clayton<\/strong>
\nDean and Ingraham Professor of Theology, Claremont School of Theology Provost, Claremont Lincoln University Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Claremont Graduate University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013\u20132014<\/td>\nDaniel C. Matt<\/strong>
\nDean and Ingraham Professor of Theology, Author and Preeminent Scholar of Kabbalah Translator and Commentator, The Zohar: Pritzker Edition<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014-2015<\/td>\nDiana L. Eck<\/strong>
\nProfessor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies Frederic Wertham Professor of Law and Psychiatry in Society Harvard College Professor Master of Lowell House<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015-2016<\/td>\nKenneth R. Miller<\/strong>
\nProfessor of Biology Brown University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016-2017<\/td>\nChristian Smith<\/strong>
\nWilliam R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociology, University of Notre Dame<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2017-2018<\/td>\nMarvin Konner<\/strong>
\nSamuel Candler Dobbs Professor, Department of Anthropology, Program in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology, Emory University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Every year, the Charles H. Townes Lecture Series invites prominent scholars and public intellectuals to discuss aspects of the relationship between science and religion. Previous Charles H. Townes Lecturers Academic Year Lecturer 2006\u20132007 Owen Gingerich Research Professor of Astronomy and of the History of Science at Harvard University; Senior Astronomer Emeritus, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory 2007\u20132008 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/charles-h-townes-lecture-series\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/charles-h-townes-lecture-series\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/charles-h-townes-lecture-series\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/charles-h-townes-lecture-series\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/charles-h-townes-lecture-series\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/charles-h-townes-lecture-series\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/charles-h-townes-lecture-series\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/charles-h-townes-lecture-series\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}