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N.T. Wright | University of St. Andrews

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Ian Hutchinson | MIT

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William Hurlbut | Stanford University
Rudolf Jaenisch | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Am I more than my genes? Faith, identity, and DNA

Praveen Sethupathy | Cornell University

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Ian Hutchinson | MIT

How Can We Find Purpose in Life?

N.T. Wright | University of St. Andrews
John Lennox | Oxford University
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Can Science Answer Everything?

The Closing of the Modern Mind

Tim Keller | Redeemer Presbyterian Church, NYC
Jonathan Haidt | New York University

Race, faith, and justice

Andra Gillespie | Emory University
William Tate | Washington University, St Louis
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Is there a place for religion in the university?

Stephen Carter | Yale University
Ross Douthat | New York Times
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Our Future in the Resurrection of Jesus

N.T. Wright | University of St. Andrews

Can a scientist believe in the resurrection? Three hypotheses.

Ian Hutchinson | MIT

Drawing the Line | The Ethics of Gene Editing

William Hurlbut | Stanford University
Rudolf Jaenisch | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Am I more than my genes? Faith, identity, and DNA

Praveen Sethupathy | Cornell University

Can a Scientist Believe in Miracles?

Ian Hutchinson | MIT

How Can We Find Purpose in Life?

N.T. Wright | University of St. Andrews
John Lennox | Oxford University
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Can Science Answer Everything?

The Closing of the Modern Mind

Tim Keller | Redeemer Presbyterian Church, NYC
Jonathan Haidt | New York University

Race, faith, and justice

Andra Gillespie | Emory University
William Tate | Washington University, St Louis
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Is there a place for religion in the university?

Stephen Carter | Yale University
Ross Douthat | New York Times
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Praveen Sethupathy | Cornell University

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Francis Collins | National Institute of Health
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Being an observant Jew in a pluralist university

Morton Schapiro | Northwestern University

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Peter Berger | Boston University

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Mary Poplin | Claremont Graduate University

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Andra Gillespie | Emory University

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Peter Berger | Boston University

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Andra Gillespie | Emory University
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William Tate | Washington University, St Louis

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Nancy Hill | Harvard School of Education
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Wahneema Lubiano | Duke University

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Nancy Hill | Harvard School of Education

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Andra Gillespie | Emory University
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Sean Kelly | Harvard University
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N.T. Wright | University of St. Andrews

Is there evidence for Jesus outside the Bible?

Peter J. Williams | Cambridge University

The Bible: Gospel, Guide, or Garbage?

N.T. Wright | University of St. Andrews
Sean Kelly | Harvard University

Hard questions about the Bible

Peter J. Williams | Cambridge University
Bruce Zuckerman | USC
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Francis Collins | National Institute of Health
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The decline of reason

N.T. Wright | University of St. Andrews
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John Lennox | Oxford University

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Charles Lee | Stanford University
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Shelly Kagan | Yale University
N.T. Wright | University of St. Andrews

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Tim Keller | Redeemer Presbyterian Church, NYC
Martin Bashir | NBC, MSNBC

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Peter Singer | Princeton University
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John Lennox | Oxford University
Michael Shermer | Claremont Graduate University

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Tim Keller | Redeemer Presbyterian Church, NYC
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Satyan Devadoss | Williams College

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