Peter G.H. Clarke explores the controversy around the Libet experiment.
Abstract: A famous experiment of Benjamin Libet and his colleagues has been interpreted as showing that our brains initiate voluntary movements before we are aware of having decided to move, and that this calls into question the efficacy of our wills.These claims have contested by many neuroscientists and philosophers.
An excerpt published on the BioLogos Forum of Loren Haarsma's essay, 'Evolution and Divine Revelation: Synergy, not Conflict, in Understanding Morality', asks whether evolution compromises human morality.
Once we have a scientific hypothesis for how something exists, it is tempting to make the philosophical inference that this is also why it exists. Richard Dawkins (1976), as well as Michael Ruse and Edward O. Wilson (1993), do this in the evolution of human morality.
Denis Alexander writes on the Biologos Forum on the theological implications of human genomics.
The tenth anniversary of the human genome has been marked by some striking new genetic insights into human evolution and diversity. Do these new discoveries have any significance for the dialogue between science and religion in general, or for our sense of human uniqueness in particular?
Does it matter that people who have had near-heaven experiences are confused theologically, so long as good news is preached?
Mark Galli writes in Christianity Today, "This to me is the great redeeming characteristic of near-heaven experiences. Despite their varied accounts and sometimes confused theology, there are moments when it is apparent that many of these people have had a remarkable encounter with the living God revealed in Jesus Christ."
Plato taught that the soul is a simple immaterial thing that relates to the human body (brain included) as a captain to a ship. The person is a soul, the bearer of all psychological capacities and the fount of purposive action. It has a body as a vehicle for acting upon this world, until death severs its ties and it continues on forever, as something that is naturally indestructible and so immortal.
Alvin Plantinga reviews Sam Harris' book, Free Will. "Sam Harris claims that free will is an illusion. What we ordinarily believe in this neighborhood, he says, is completely mistaken: "You will do whatever it is you do, and it is meaningless to assert that you could have done otherwise"; "we know that determinism, in every sense relevant to human behavior, is true." Doesn't that imply that we human beings are not responsible for what we do?"
Michael Knight, an Emeritus Professor of Hydrogeology at UTS, Sydney, gave a talk at New College in the University of New South Wales on "How We Became Human from the Beginning: The current evidence and what may a Christian make of it?"
Thinking about Slaves, Women and Homosexuals: a redemptive-movement hermeneutics and the evangelical Webb
Presented by Chris Mulherin at the ISCAST Vic Intensive 2010
Can we really listen both to the Bible and to our fellow Christians – on contested issues of sexual behaviour and relationships?
Presented by Mr Geoffrey Nutting at the ISCAST Vic Intensive 2010
Diversity and Uncertainty: A productive interface between science and Christianity?
Presented by Professor Gareth Jones at the ISCAST Vic Intensive 2010
Can the computer be a substitute for humanity?
Peter G.H. Clarke explores the controversy around the Libet experiment.
An excerpt published on the BioLogos Forum of Loren Haarsma's essay, 'Evolution and Divine Revelation: Synergy, not Conflict, in Understanding Morality', asks whether evolution compromises human morality.
Denis Alexander writes on the Biologos Forum on the theological implications of human genomics.
Does it matter that people who have had near-heaven experiences are confused theologically, so long as good news is preached?
The 2012 Gifford Lectures featuring Denis Alexander are available to view online.
Tim O'Connor ask whether we have a soul.
Alvin Plantinga reviews Sam Harris' book, Free Will. "Sam Harris claims that free will is an illusion. What we ordinarily believe in this neighborhood, he says, is completely mistaken: "You will do whatever it is you do, and it is meaningless to assert that you could have done otherwise"; "we know that determinism, in every sense relevant to human behavior, is true." Doesn't that imply that we human beings are not responsible for what we do?"
Temple theology and creation
The cognitive science of religion and Christian faith: some preliminary considerations
Children of God: the awkward teenage years
Neuroscience, addiction and the gospel
Who Am I?
Em Prof Michael Knight
Dr Alan Gijsbers: ISCAST (Vic) AGM 
God and the Natural Sciences
Thinking about Slaves, Women and Homosexuals: a redemptive-movement hermeneutics and the evangelical Webb
Can we really listen both to the Bible and to our fellow Christians – on contested issues of sexual behaviour and relationships?
Diversity and Uncertainty: A productive interface between science and Christianity?
Review of "The Faraday Papers" (various authors)
Dr Greg Clarke
Review of George Vaillant's book 'Spiritual evolution: how we are wired for faith, hope and love'
God, persons and machines: theological reflections
Review of David Myers' book 'A Friendly Letter to Skeptics and Atheists'
The Eureka Moment
Divine action and the problem of miracles
Bodies and Souls or Spirited Bodies
Care when there is no cure
I and Thou
Kenosis
Stem Cells (August 2006)
Why all the fuss about Stem Cells?
Will the Real 'Soul' Show Itself?
God in the Midst of Suffering
Reality and Addiction: Neuroscientific and psychological perspectives
Ethics, Experiments and Embryos: A Christian's Observations on the Embryonic Stem Cell Debate
Review of George Ellis Backhouse lecture, ‘Faith Hope and Doubt in times of uncertainty'
Sex Revolution and Psychosocial Disorder: A Historical Perspective on the Delusion of Medical Neutrality
Biotechnology and Medical Ethics: Thinking biblically about contemporary medicine
Church service resource
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