Niles Lectures

Medicinal Meditation in Japan: How the Buddhist-Inspired Practice of Naikan Became a Psychiatric Intervention
Clark Chilson, Ph.D.
5/1/17
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

How to be a Religious Scientist: Lessons from History in Thinking About God and Nature
Matthew Stanley, Ph.D.
10/19/15
New York University, New York, NY

How Yoga and Meditation Heal: The Science and Spiritual Perspectives
Rebecca Rivers, Ph.D., CSYT
9/15/14
Northern Light Yoga Center, Canton, NY

Has Technology Made God and Spirituality Obsolete?
Mary Alice Rose, CSB
10/14/13
Christian Science Board of Lectureship

Heroic Galileo and the Message in the Stars
Christopher Corbally, Ph.D.
10/15/12
Vatican Observatory, Tuscon, AZ

Are the Values of Science and Religion Compatible?
Michael Greenwald, Ph.D
Karen Johnson, Ph.D.
Aswini Pai, Ph.D.
Laura Rediehs, Ph.D.
Aileen O'Donoghue, Ph.D.
1/30/12
St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY

Science, Galileo and the Rise of Science Denialism
Derrick Pitts, Ph.D.
2/21/11
Franklin Institute, Seattle, WA

Challenges for Our Times: Evolution, Genetics and Technology
Gayle E. Woloschack, Ph.D.
4/26/09
Zygon Center for Religion and Science, Chicago, IL

The Hare and the Tortoise: The Conflict Between Culture and Biology in Human Affairs,
or: When Baboons Drive Hummers
David Barash, Ph.D.
4/26/07
University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Ordinary Faith, Ordinary Science
William Phillips, Ph.D.
11/2/05
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD

Ethics and Healthcare: Improving Patient Safety by Examining Pathology Errors
Stephen S. Raab, M.D.
4/7/05
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

Religion and Brain-Mind Science: Dreaming the Future
Kelly Bulkeley, Ph.D.
3/1/04
John F. Kennedy University, Pleasant Hill, CA

Finding Common Ground: The Common Cognitive Source of Science and Spirituality
Arthur Zajonc, PH.D.
4/9/02
Amherst College, Amherst, MA

When the Sacred Cows of Science and Religion Meet
George V. Coyne, Ph.D., S.J.
10/10/00
Vatican Observatory, Vatican City

Can Darwinian be a Christian?
Michael Ruse, Ph.D.
10/4/99
University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada