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Thursday, April 6, 2017
Presenter: Carol A. Newsom
Human induced climate change is the most serious problem confronting the ecology of our planet. Was this an inevitable consequence of the appearance of humans in the ecosystem? How should we think about how we got to this terrifying state, and how can we think hopefully about the future? Anthropologists who study the emergence of homo sapiens present an account of our origins that engages in intriguing ways with the Israelite reflections on human origins in Genesis 1-11. Here is a conversation between religion and science that offers true insight into how our unique nature is both a danger and a promise in this fragile world.
Sponsored by the School of Theology and Ministry, and generously supported by the Kitz Family in honor of Richard J. Clifford, S.J.
Carol A. Newsom is the C. H. Candler Professor of Old Testament/Hebrew Bible at the Candler School of Theology, Emory University.