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The Rosalie Rendu * Roundtable on Religion and Science is a dialogue group, which relates religious values and scientific advancements in the cause of social justice.
Members of the Roundtable are drawn from The Vincentian Fellows Program, faculty experts in service of the United Nations, local faith-based charities and healthcare organizations and others from this richly diverse metropolitan area.
World hunger and global health are the primary themes in the three-year cycle of the Roundtable commencing in January 2005. Bimonthly dialogue group meetings, semiannual invited public forums, and biennial conferences promote an ongoing active engagement among scientists, philosophers, theologians, clergy, and faith-based and other non-governmental development organizations.
This dialogue group hosted by St. John's University and located in the heart of the most ethnically and religiously diverse community in the U.S. is committed to the incorporation of multiple voices from communities based in the greater New York City region and beyond.
This initiative is funded through a grant from The Local Societies Initiative of the Metanexus Institute.
For more information contact: (718) 990 1612
Administrative contact : S. Margaret John Kelly, D.C., Ph.D.
Faculty Coordinators :
Dr. Joanne Carroll, School of Pharmacy carrollj@stjohns.edu
Dr. Barrett Brenton, St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, brentonb@stjohns.edu
Dr. Craig Baron, College of Professional Studies, baronc@stjohns.edu
ListServe: by invitation.
Meetings and Lectures
October 16, WORLD FOOD DAY: Everyday Action for Combating Hunger, Bent Hall Room 277 A& B
October 5, 2006. "Climate Change: The State of the Question and the Search for The Answer. Rosalie Rendu Round Table on Religion and Science - A Local Society Inititative of the Metanexus Institute 3:15-5:00 PM Bent Hall Room 277
Claussen presentation
April 26, 2006 Public Lecture "The Role of Spiritual Transformation in Overcoming World Food and Water Problems." (Word doc) Speaker: Dr. Solomon Katz, University of Pennsylvania 3:30-5 pm Bent Hall, Room 101B. Podcast
April 7, 2006 Public Lecture/Film "Care of God's Creation: Environmental Justice for Children" Moderators: Dr. Barrett Brenton, Dr. Joanne Carroll Council Hall 12:05-1 p.m.
March 29, 2006 Members Dialogue Donavan community Room 3-4:30 p.m.
February 1, 2006 Public Lecture "Explaining and Coping with Natural Disasters: Hurricane Stan and the Mission of San Lucas Toliman, Guatemala" Speaker: Msgr. Greg Schaeffer, Mission of San Lucas Law School LL07, 3:30-5 p.m.
November 2005, Members Dialogue Staten Island Discussion on Ian Barbour's Book. Chapter on the " Relationship of Religion and Science " Moderator, Dr. John Brennan.
October 22, 2005 Vincentian Chair of Social Justice Conference 2005 "Hope: The Foundation of a Civilization of Love and Justice"; Workshop " To Hunger and Thirst for Justice: Food Water & Health Care--Basic Human Rights. Public Lectures 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
October 19, 2005 Public Lecture " Stem Cell Research and the Culture of Life ," Dr. Paul Lauritzen, Co-sponsored with McKeever Chair of Moral Theology, 7:30 p.m. Council Hall.
October 18, 2005 " Commodification of Science and HealthCare ," Dr. Joanne Carroll, Dr. Christopher Vogt and Dr. Paul Lauritzen Co-sponsored with the McKeever Chair of Moral Theology, Law School PDR, 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
October 13, 2005 World Food Day " Fighting Hunger: Reality, Context, and Everyday Action " Dr. Barry Brenton, Sullivan Hall Room 413, 9:30 am to 10:30 a.m.
June 4-8, 2005 Science and Religion: Global Perspectives A Program of the Metanexus Institute in Phildelphia, PA, USA. Dr. Barrett Brenton "HIV/AIDS, Food Insecurity, and Genetically Modified Food Aid in Southern Africa: Seeking Common Ground Solutions through a Commitment to Peace, Justice and Sustainability" PDF
April 26, 2005 Members Dialogue " Using Biotechnology for Feeding the World ," Dr. Barrett Brenton, Moderator, 3 p.m. Donovan Community Room
April 19, 2005, Lecture, "Questioning the Moral Imperative of Biotechnology for Feeding the World." Speaker: Bro. David Andrews, National Catholic Rural Life Conference, sponsored by the Rosalie Rendu Roundtable for Religion and Science, 4 p.m., Room 113, Law School Building.
April 14, 2005 Rendu Roundtable, Membership Dialogue Staten Island Dr. Barry Brenton " GMO's as the Security and Justice within Zambia"
Distribution of Ian Barbour's Book
February 15, 2005 Rosalie Rendu Roundtable for Religion and Science Membership Dialogue, 3 p.m.
Links:
Science and Theology News
* Blessed Rosalie Rendu, a Daughter of Charity in post-enlightenment France, engaged students and faculty from the Sorbonne in efforts to alleviate poverty and advance social justice. Her efforts to utilize the talents and energies of the academy in the needs of the poor inspired Frederic Ozanam, a student and eventually faculty at the Sorbonne to found the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. She inspires us to bridge the University and the community in a dialogue of religion and science in service to the common good.
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