Lansing Lee Conference
Faith and Science:
Breaking the Barriers
October 19-22
From our earliest days, human beings have struggled to understand the universe in which we live and our place within it.
What forces have been at work creating and sustaining the heavens and the earth, the continents, the oceans and all the creatures that creep or fly or swim or walk?
These are fundamental questions for theologians and scientists, each bent on understanding the origins of life and the laws that govern the cosmos.
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- Cosmology led by Dr. John W. Simmons of Spartanburg, S.C., a family practice physician since 1969. In the late 1990s, he studied with the Rev. Matthew Fox, theologian and exponent of creation spirituality.
- End of Life led by Dr. Jeffrey P. Bishop, associate professor of biomedical ethics and medicine at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. He also directs the school's Clinical Ethics Education and Consultation Service, part of Vanderbilt's Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society.
- Water Ethics led by Martha Franks, a Santa Fe, N.M.-based lawyer specializing in water rights and a graduate of Virginia Theological Seminary. Her workshop will focus on the theology and ethics of water and water rights.
- Wellness and Nutrition led by the Rev. Dr. William J. Watson, physician and rector of Grace Church in Hopkinsville, Ky. He also serves on the CREDO health faculty.
- More to be announced
Must they be adversaries, as some suggest, or can they be complementary and respectful partners in the search for answers to some of humanity’s most important questions?
The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, the 26th presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, is both a scientist and a theologian.
She will share her personal journey of faith and will be joined by several experts to explore issues at the intersection of science and faith including wellness and nutrition, cosmology and divinity, water rights, end of life and environmental sustainability.
About the keynoter
Katharine Jefferts Schori
The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori is presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church.
Her career as an oceanographer preceded her studies for the priesthood, to which she was ordained in 1994. She holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from Stanford University and a master’s degree and doctorate in oceanography from Oregon State University.
Chief pastor to the Church’s 2.4 million members in 16 countries and 110 dioceses, Jefferts Schori was elected in 2006 at General Convention, a gathering that also set the United Nations Millennium Development Goals as the Episcopal Church’s top mission priority. In her full endorsement of these goals, she calls upon Episcopalians and the wider global community to work together for their implementation.
Conference staff
Martha Horne
COORDINATOR: The Very Rev. Martha Horne is dean and president emerita of Virginia Theological Seminary. Joining the VTS faculty in 1986, she served as assistant to the dean and associate dean before being named dean and president in 1994. Since her retirement from VTS in 2007, she has served as dean of presidential leadership programs for the Association of Theological Schools, as a vocational faculty member for CREDO and as a consultant to several theological schools. She currently serves on the boards of the Episcopal Evangelical Education Society and the Society for the Increase of the Ministry.
Lawrence Womack
CHAPLAIN: The Rev. Lawrence Womack is assistant to the rector of St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Charlotte, N.C. He had planned a career studying autoimmune diseases and earned a bachelor's degree in biology from Wabash College and a master's degree in molecular biology and immunology from Johns Hopkins University before answering the call to ordained ministry. He received his master's of divinity from Bexley Hall Seminary in 2003 and was ordained in 2004. An active community volunteer, he has a passion for working with those infected or affected by HIV/AIDS.
MUSICIAN: Dr. William B. Roberts is an associate professor of music at Virginia Theological Seminary, as well as the seminary organist. Previously he served as director of music at St. John's Church, Lafayette Square, in Washington, D.C.
The Lansing Lee Conference
Lansing Lee, who practiced law until his death in 2005, was active in many aspects of Kanuga’s program and governance for more than 50 years. The Lansing Lee Conference has been made possible by an endowment established in his memory by his wife, Natalie Lee of Augusta, Ga.
HOUSING UPDATE: The Kanuga Lake Inn has filled for this conference. Participants who would prefer to stay in the Inn will be added to a waitlist for those rooms.
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Double Occupancy |
$450 per person |
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Double Occupancy — Prefers Single |
$450 per person |
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Participating Spouse |
$370 per person |
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Nonparticipating Spouse |
$243 per person |
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Commuter |
$300 per person |
Payment |
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Deposit |
$50 per person |
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Balance Due |
September 18 |
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Check-In |
4-6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19 |
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Check-Out |
After breakfast Thursday, Oct. 22 |
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