{"id":44550,"date":"2018-04-04T05:26:39","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T09:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=44550"},"modified":"2018-04-01T22:37:55","modified_gmt":"2018-04-02T02:37:55","slug":"touching-the-face-of-the-cosmos-day-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2018\/04\/touching-the-face-of-the-cosmos-day-conference.html","title":{"rendered":"Touching the Face of the Cosmos Day Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I want to draw attention to the day conference at Fordham University in New York City, which I am unfortunately unable to attend, focused on the theme of the volume in which my first science fiction short story was published:\u00a0Touching the Face of the Cosmos<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em>Here are the details from the Eventbrite site<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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DESCRIPTION: TOUCHING THE FACE OF THE COSMOS<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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\u201cRemember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet\u201d \u2013 Stephen Hawking, 1942-2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/a>\"\"A one-day series of panels, presentations, and papers that explore a missing ingredient in the attempt of humanity to lift itself off this planet and explore the universe. This ingredient both precedes and exceeds science, and is not about making money or attaining military superiority. It is called sense of wonder, spirituality, or religion \u2013 the urge of every human being to know, what are we doing in this Universe? The 2015 anthology,\u00a0Touching the Face of the Cosmos: On the Intersection of Space Travel and Religion<\/a><\/em>, edited by Paul Levinson and Michael Waltemathe (ebook Connected Editions, paperback and hardcover Fordham University Press) assembled a group of essays and short stories by leading thinkers and writers, including one of the last interviews with John Glenn, that began to explore this issue. Our April 9 conference continues this exploration with:<\/p>\n

a\u00a0Keynote address by Guy Consolmagno, SJ, Director of the Vatican Observatory<\/strong>, aka \u201cThe Pope\u2019s Astronomer,\u201d at 7:00pm:\u201cWould You Baptize an Extraterrestrial?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

a\u00a0Plenary session with Molly Vozick-Levinson & Brittany Miller, the Children\u2019s Learning Center, New York City<\/strong>, at 5:30pm:\u00a0\u201cWhat Little Children See in Space\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

earlier in the day:<\/p>\n

4-5:15pm:\u00a0Science Fiction Looks at Space Travel and Religion<\/strong><\/em>: Science fiction is the only kind of fiction that delves\u00a0into the quintessentially human characteristic of actively shaping and attempting to improve our future in this universe. Three science fiction authors \u2013\u00a0Paul Levinson<\/strong>,\u00a0Alex Shvartsman<\/strong>, and\u00a0David Walton<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 look at what science fiction shows us about the role of religion in moving humans off this planet into the cosmos.<\/p>\n

2-3:45pm:\u00a0The Intersection of Space Travel and Religion<\/em>: Paul Levinson (Fordham University): \u201cThe Missing Spirit\u201d \u2026 Michael Waltemathe (Ruhr-Universit\u00e4t Bochum, Germany): \u201cOpening the Gates of Heaven: Religious and Philosophical Implications of Space Travel\u201d \u2026\u00a0Aleksandar Bogdanic (<\/span><\/strong>University of Banja Luka, Bosnia):\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cIn Search of the Meaning of the Meaning of Life: Space Travel as Communication<\/strong>\u00a0\u2026\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>James Heiser (Bishop, Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America): \u201cCivilization, Culture, and the New Frontier\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sponsored by Department of Communication and Media Studies, Fordham University<\/p>\n

in McNally Auditorium<\/p>\n

ADMISSION FREE<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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