Science and religion

The historical disputes between science and religion are famous: the Galileo case, the reactions to Darwin's theory of evolution etc. This cycle offers a contemporary take, in the light of the advances in knowledge, on the relations between the two paths towards approaching the mystery of the world.

The thresholds between science and religion: a foot in the sky and another on the ground 
Carlos Acosta, a geologist with a PhD in History of Science (UAB) 
Camp de l'Arpa-Caterina Albert Library 
Monday, 5 October, 7 pm

Who was the Messiah? 
Josep Rius, theologian and bible expert 
Camp de l'Arpa-Caterina Albert Library 
Monday, 19 October, 7 pm

Physics and religiousness 
David Jou, physicist, poet and writer 
Sagrada Família-Josep M. Ainaud de Lasarte Library 
Monday, 26 October, 7 pm

Who was Jesus? A historical perspective 
Jaume Rodri, writer and film-maker 
Camp de l'Arpa-Caterina Albert Library 
Monday, 2 November, 7 pm

Good and evil from the perspective of neuroscience 
Ricard Solé, a physicist and biologist and the director of the Complex Systems Lab (ICREA-UPF) 
Camp de l'Arpa-Caterina Albert Library 
Monday, 9 November, 7 pm

Is God reasonable? The debate between faith and reason 
Santiago Ramentol, journalist, writer and lecturer (UAB) 
Vila de Gràcia Library 
Monday, 16 November, 7 pm

The debate between science and religion: a philosophical perspective 
Begoña Roman, a lecturer at the Faculty of Philosophy (UB) 
Sagrada Família-Josep M. Ainaud de Lasarte Library 
Monday, 23 November, 7 pm

Does religion have meaning in the 21st century? 
Josep Torrens, Església Plural 
Vila de Gràcia Library 
Monday, 30 November, 7 pm

Programme coordinated by: Lluís Reales

Further information: Biblioteques de Barcelona