Santa Clara University

The Lecture:

The World Re-Enchanted: How chaos, order and beauty draw science and religion together

     When: 7:00 PM, Monday, May 2, 2011
     Where: Williman Room, Benson Center, Santa Clara University (map)

Popular ideas about God, science and religion are widespread in today’s globalized societies, both East and West. For the most part, these rather simplistic ideas have been accepted far too easily. One could argue that they ought to be challenged by time-tested perspectives from other cultures, historically strong and with vast thoughtful populations. They should also be confronted by contemporary scientific, philosophical and artistic insights. The speaker and the audience will jointly explore this possibility and the role that the science and religion dialogue might play in this process.

This event was co-sponsored by the School of Engineering.

The Lecturer:

Fr. Pereira has lectured extensively on body-soul-spirit integration and “being fully alive” in the United States, Germany, Hong Kong and India. He spent 20 years as Director of the Caius Research Lab at St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, and was the Principal of this institution for seven years. Over his long career, he authored numerous scholarly articles, as well as three books: The Enchanted Darkness, Our Enchanted Universe, and Death the Final Freedom. He has also edited and contributed to books on Indian Religions and Human Origins.