Celebrating Emerging Writers - Methodist University

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FEBRUARY 21, 2011
MARIA SIKORYAK-ROBINS
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLICATIONS
MU PRESENTS ANNUAL BULLARD-TEMPLETON LECTURE
FAYETTEVILLE, NC—Robert Russell, Ph.D., will speak on “Cosmology: Science and
Theology in Creative Mutual Interaction” at Methodist University Monday, March 14, 2011 at 11:00
a.m. in Yarborough Auditorium. The presentation is part of the Templeton Lecture Series on Science
and Religion, and the event is free and open to the public.
Dr. Russell is the founder and director of the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences,
and an Ian G. Barbour Professor of Theology and Science in Residence at the Graduate Theological
Union, in Berkeley, Calif. He is a leading researcher and spokesperson for the growing international
body of theologians and scientists who are committed to a positive dialogue between these fields. He
has written and edited many volumes in the field. Dr. Russell is an ordained minister in the United
Church of Christ. He earned a Ph.D. in physics from the University of California at Santa Cruz, a
Master of Arts in theology, and a Master of Divinity from Pacific School of Religion.
Methodist University is an independent four-year institution of higher education with over
2,300 students from 41 states and 44 countries. Methodist University offers over 70 majors and
concentrations, three master’s degree programs, and 19 NCAA III intercollegiate sports. For more
information, please contact Dr. Lloyd Bailey, professor of religion, at (910) 630-7118 or send an e-
mail to Lloyd@duke.edu.
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