Neuroscience and Christian Life

 Friday, March 8, 2024 - Sunday, March 10, 2024

Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana

The twenty third annual Goshen Conference on Religion and Science will be held Friday, March 8, 2024, through Sunday, March 10, 2024.

warren brown photoThe keynote speaker for the 2024 conference is Warren S. Brown is Professor of Psychology at the Graduate School of Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary where he is the Founding Director of the Travis Research Institute. He is a research neuropsychologist/neuroscientist interested in the cognitive and psychosocial impact of a congenital brain malformation (agenesis of the corpus callosum and hemispherectomy), and has coauthored over 100 peer reviewed scientific articles. He is also author/coauthor of many theoretical articles and chapters on neuroscience, philosophy, and Christian theology, as well as 5 books: Whatever Happened to the Soul (edited with Nancey Murphy and H. Newton Malony); Did My Neurons Make Me Do It?, (with Nancey Murphy); Neuroscience, Psychology and Religion (with Malcolm Jeeves); The Physical Nature of Christian Life (with Brad Strawn); and Enhancing Christian Life (with Brad Strawn). 

The conference comprises three lectures by the invited speaker, Dr. Warren Brown as well as discussions (limited to registered attendees).

Two of the lectures are free and open to the public

  • 7:30 p.m., Friday, March 8
         Whatever Happened to the Soul
  • 10:30 a.m., Saturday

             Lessons from the Natural Split Brain

Registered participants will:

  • Take part in the third lecture, The Physical Nature of Christian Life
  • Join the registrant-only conference sessions, including respondent reactions and discussions with the lecturer.

 


The Midwest Religion and Science Society (MRSS) is an organization dedicated to the dialog between Religion and Science. A primary interest of the MRSS is Religion and Consciousness.

The MRSS has local chapters at Andrews University (MI), Bluffton University (OH), Goshen College (IN), Manchester College (IN), Ohio Northern University (OH), the University of Notre Dame (IN), and the University of St. Francis (IN). There are two major meetings of the MRSS each year, one at Goshen College (March) and one at Andrews University (October).