Narratives of Hope: Science, Theology and Environmental Public Policy

Talk
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  • Date and time: Wednesday 19 June 2019, 1pm to 2pm
  • Location: TBA, Wentworth College, Campus West, University of York (Map)
  • Audience: Open to staff
  • Booking: Booking not required

Event details

Interdisciplinary collaborations between scientists/technologists, social scientists and philosophers/theologians have revealed deeply submerged yet powerful narratives at work beneath public discourse on controversial technologies.  I consider two examples of collaborations with human geographers, on nanotechnology and GM crops, in detail. Resources for narrative analysis and reflection are, surprisingly, found in the ancient wisdom-literature text The Book of Job, which has received more philosophical attention than any other biblical book.

About the speaker

Tom McLeish, Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Department of Physics

Venue details

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Hearing loop

Contact

Sarah Shrive-Morrison