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<\/a>Philip Clayton<\/p><\/div>\n
Distinguished philosopher and theologian Philip Clayton will speak at Furman University on Tuesday, Oct. 16 at 7 p.m. in Younts Conference Center.<\/p>\n
His talk, \u201cFrom Quantum to Consciousness: What (If Anything) Does Emergent Complexity Tell Us about God?\u201d is part of Furman\u2019s Charles H. Townes Lecture Series, \u201cFaith and Reason.\u201d The program is free and open to the public but reservations are suggested. A reception follows this CLP event.<\/p>\n
Clayton\u2019s interests embrace the fields of science and religion, constructive theology, philosophical theology and philosophy of religion, philosophy of science, and metaphysics, as well as themes like \u201cbig tent Christianity,\u201d the emerging church, and how to prepare Christian leaders in an era of transformation.<\/p>\n
Clayton is dean and Ingraham Professor of Theology at Claremont School of Theology, provost at Claremont Lincoln University and professor of philosophy and religion at Claremont Graduate University in Southern California. Among other faculty posts, Clayton has held visiting appointments at Harvard University, the University of Cambridge, and the University of Munich.<\/p>\n
Educated at Yale University, where he earned a joint Ph.D. in philosophy and religious studies in 1986, Clayton has authored or edited such noteworthy titles as The Problem of God in Modern Thought; Science and the Spiritual Quest; Mind and Emergence: From Quantum to Consciousness; The Predicament of Belief: Science, Philosophy and Faith; <\/em>and Beyond the Religion Wars: The Path from Reduction to Reenchantment <\/em>(forthcoming).<\/em> He has published more than 20 books and hundreds of academic and popular articles.<\/p>\n The Charles H. Townes Lecture Series in Faith & Reason is funded through gifts from the John Templeton Foundation and Nobel Laureate Charles H. Townes \u201835. A Greenville native, Townes was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1964 for his contribution to the development of the maser and laser. He holds the rank of University Professor of Physics in the graduate school of the University of California-Berkeley, and he is a former member of the Furman Board of Trustees.<\/p>\n