Rev. Edward Malloy, president emeritus of the University of Notre Dame, speaks at the Oct. 27 forum.
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To hear a particular speaker, fast-foward to the following times: John McCarthy, first; Rev. Edward Malloy, 18:52; Douglas Knight, 28:15; Lenn Goodman, 38:24; Wallace LeStourgeon, 50:56; Vicki Greene, 58:45; Q&A, 1:12.
The Rev. Edward A. Malloy, president emeritus of the University of Notre Dame and a member of the Vanderbilt University Board of Trust, spoke during a Oct. 27 seminar in Buttrick Hall on science, religion and the mission of higher education.
“Every pursuit of the truth is a potential path to God,” Malloy said during a conversation that centered on the drive to get the concept of intelligent design taught to children.
Panelists for the discussion, sponsored by Vanderbilt’s Center for the Study of Religion and Culture, were Malloy; John A. McCarthy, professor of German and comparative literature; Douglas Knight, director of the Center for the Study of Religion and Culture, and professor of Hebrew Bible; Lenn Goodman, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Humanities, and professor of philosophy; Wallace LeStourgeon, professor of molecular biology ; and Senta V. Greene, associate professor of physics.
The panel was hosted by the Faculty Senate and the Center for the Study of Religion and Culture and supported by the Metanexus Institute Templeton Research Lectures program at Vanderbilt.
