[Atheists] Origins Discussion

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*Title:* Beyond the "Evolution" vs. "Creation" Debate
*Lecturer:* Dr. Denis O. Lamoureux
*Date*: Thursday 21 Jan 2010
*Time:* 5:00 to 6:00 PM
*Place:* Lecture Theater DP-2104 (Dentistry-Pharmacy Centre)

*Abstract*
Are there only two positions on origins: either "evolution" or "creation"?
This lecture is an introduction to professional terminology,
science-religion dialogue, and various views on origins (young earth
creation, progressive creation, evolutionary creation, deistic evolution,
and atheistic evolution). Lecturer also shares his personal voyage in this
debate.

*Biography*

Denis O. Lamoureux is an Associate Professor of Science and Religion at St.
Joseph's College in the University of Alberta. He has debated leading
anti-evolutionists, including Phillip Johnson, Michael Behe, and Jonathan
Wells. With Johnson, he co-authored *Darwinism Defeated? The
Johnson-Lamoureux Debate on Biological Origins* (1999). Lamoureux has
recently released *Evolutionary Creation: A Christian Approach to
Evolution*(2008). He holds three earned doctoral degrees-dentistry,
theology, and
biology.

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Denis O. Lamoureux DDS PhD PhD
Associate Professor of Science & Religion
St. Joseph's College, University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2J5
Tel: 780 492 7681 ext.246
Fax: 780 492 8145
E-mail: dlamoure@ualberta.ca
Website: www.ualberta.ca/~dlamoure
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