In the recent annual Gifford Lectures at the University of Aberdeen, Professor Alister McGrath explored the human quest for meaning in the universe, especially in the light of its apparent "fine-tuning" to permit the origination of life. Why do we long to make sense of things? Do we possess some kind of "homing instinct" for heaven? What is the significance of "fine-tuning"? And can the Christian faith engage with these observations meaningfully? These lectures open up some of the deepest questions of life in a stimulating and controversial way.

Complete transcripts from the six lectures, originally presented on 10-26 February 2009, can be downloaded from the following site: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/gifford/

Alister McGrath is Professor of Theology, Religion and Education, and Head of the Centre for Theology, Religion and Culture at King's College, London. He holds earned doctorates from Oxford University in both molecular biophysics and Christian theology, and has a special interest in the interaction of the natural sciences and the Christian faith.