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Coming Up
Book Launch
Dr Hamish Campbell will launch Lloyd Geering's latest book From the Big Bang to God published by Steele Roberts.
When: 5.30 pm for 6–7pm • Wednesday May 29
Where: St Andrew’s on The Terrace, 30 The Terrace, Wellington
Launched by Dr Hamish Campbell Senior Geologist at GNS Sciences & Te Papa's geological advisor
RSVP admin@satrs.org.nz or 472 9211
At 95, theologian Sir Lloyd Geering continues his lifelong inquiry into the nature of the divine and the human. Geering’s latest book, From the Big Bang to God, covers, in the first half of the book, his 2012 lectures series entitled ‘Evolution: the Real Genesis’ which encompassed the emergence of the universe through to the emergence of humankind. The second half of this new book sets the scene for this year’s series of four lectures which will cover the emergence of human thought through to the emergence of God and beyond.
Spirited Conversation
These are informal and inclusive conversations where questions and conversations are encouraged and all are welcome.
They are held at the Thistle Inn, (upstairs room), 3 Mulgrave Street on the first Monday of the month. The conversation starts at 7 pm but many of us gather for refreshments downstairs beforehand.
Monday, June 10 - Matthew Beattie will start a conversation on Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace
Matt Beattie is Chief Executive of the Instep Group. He is a graduate in human resources, industrial and organisational psychology and has post graduate qualifications in international relations and strategic studies. He has also attended the Programme on Negotiation and the Programme on Dealing with Difficult People at Harvard Law School. He is regarded as a leading trainer in workplace behaviour, particularly performance issues, addiction, fatigue management and psychological health and safety in the workplace.
Evolution of Human Thought lecture series
July 9, 16, 23 & 30 from 12:15
Sir Lloyd Geering’s lunchtime lecture series
July 9 Noogenesis – Emergence of the Thought World
July 16 Theogenesis – The Emergence of the Gods
July 23 Homogemesis – Humankind Comes of Age
July 30 Can Humans Play God?
We humans live in two worlds:
- The physical universe (whose evolution from the big bang to the arrival of homo sapiens was covered in the last series entitled Evolution: The Real Genesis) and
- The world of human thought (which humans have constructed in the last 50,000 years).
It is through the lens of this latter world that we view, come to understand, and make our response to the physical universe of which we are a part.
This series sketches the evolution of this second world from the invention of language to the ‘death of God’ and the new responsibilities we now find ourselves facing.
October 3
Geering lectures by Michael Benedikt, author of God is the Good We Do
lunchtime lecture at 12:15 & evening lecture at 6:30pm
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Previous events
2013 • 2012 • 2011 • 2010
