Science Religion and Lunch Seminars

We have finished our schedule for the 2008/2009 academic year and will begin again in the fall. Please check back later in the summer for scheduling information. SRLS is actively soliciting speakers on diverse topics of science/pseudo science, religion/pseudo religion, and other controversial topics. If you believe you have something to offer or would like to find out more about this group please do not hesitate to get in touch with one of the Contacts listed just to the left.

Fall Semester 2009

Date	Topic	Presentor	Location
1 Sept 09
8 Sept 09
15 Sept 09
22 Sept 09
29 Sept 09

 

Date	Topic	Presentor	Location
6 Oct 09
13 Oct 09
20 Oct 09
27 Oct 09

 

Date	Topic	Presentor	Location
3 Nov 09
10 Nov 09
17 Nov 09
24 Nov 09

 

Date	Topic	Presentor	Location
1 Dec 09
8 Dec 09

Seminar Archives

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Spring Semester 2009

Date	Topic	Presentor	Location
27 Jan 09	The Roots of Terrorism and What To Do About It.	Reza Saberi	Arikara

 

Date	Topic	Presentor	Location
3 Feb 09	The Occult Religion of the Third Reich.	John Helgeland	Room of Nations
10 Feb 09	Love and Hate on the Prairie: The Blackbird-Sunflower Problem.	Will Bleier	Arikara
17 Feb 09	A Question and Answer Session on Hinduism.	Ganapathy Mahalingam	Arikara
24 Feb 09	Religion & Organized Violence.	Ahmed Afzaal	Room of Nations

 

Date	Topic	Presentor	Location
3 Mar 09	When Is a Cartoon Not a Cartoon? Or, Why Gods Cannot Defend Themselves.	Gerald Fauske	Arikara
10 Mar 09	Mindblowing Stories: Powerful Myths and Parables. CANCELLED DUE TO BLIZZARD (subject to rescheduling)	Darin Johnson	Arikara
24 Mar 09	Universities and Their New Mission of Economic Development: Challenges, Barriers, and Opportunities. CANCELLED DUE TO FLOODING (subject to rescheduling)	Phil Boudjouk	Room of Nations
31 Mar 09	The Book of Mormon: What It Is and What It Is Not CANCELLED DUE TO FLOODING (subject to rescheduling)	Brad Leeser	Arikara

 

Date	Topic	Presentor	Location
7 Apr 09	Exploration of Science: Boundaries, Membership, and Change.	Emily Hagemeister	Arikara
14 Apr 09	Open Forum Meeting		Arikara
21 Apr 09	Catholicism and Fascism in Croatia During World War II	John Cox	Arikara

 

Fall Semester 2008

Date	Topic	Presentor	Location
9 Sept 08	Freethinkers, Evangelists, and American Beginnings	John Helgeland	Room of Nations
16 Sept 08	Evidence-Based Medicine: Are There Analogies Between Reading Medical and Religious Texts?	Don Miller	Room of Nations
23 Sept 08	Emerging Christianity: Is There Hope for Religion?	Darin Johnson	Room of Nations
30 Sept 08	What's the Matter with Intelligent Design?	Mark Gealy	Room of Nations

 

Date	Topic	Presentor	Location
7 Oct 08	Beyond the God Delusion - The Illusion of Free Will.	Stephane Rainville	Room of Nations
14 Oct 08	Making Sense of the Miracles of Jesus in this Modern Age	Syed Ahmad	Room of Nations
21 Oct 08	Is Mormonism a "Latter-Day Deception"?  Opposing Views.	Dennis Cooley and Martin Wishnatsky	Room of Nations
28 Oct 08	Islamic Concept of Jihad	Daud Hanif	Mandan Room

 

Date	Topic	Presentor	Location
4 Nov 08	Review of "God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything" by Christopher Hitchens.	Lilie Schoenack	Room of Nations
11 Nov 08	No Meeting
18 Nov 08	Lincoln and the Religion of the Civil War.	John Helgeland	Room of Nations
25 Nov 08	Mesmerism and Hypnosis: The Bridge from Exocism to Psychotherapy.	Jim Council	Room of Nations

 

Date	Topic	Presentor	Location
2 Dec 08	Morality, Religion, and War: A Civil War Case Study	David Silkenat	Room of Nations

Sping Semester 2008

Date	Topic	Presentor	Location
01 Apr 08	Arguing both sides oa a question: The Value of Switch-Sides Debate	Robert Littlefield	Mandan
08 Apr 08	The Rural Church Movement.	Gary Goreham	Mandan
15 Apr 08	Ethics for Atheists	Dennis Cooley	Century Theater