Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Can Science Explain Everything?

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March 21, 2024

7:30pm ET

Colonial Hall

Squires Student Center

Are there questions science is incapable of answering?

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Troy Van Voorhis

Chemistry Department Head and Professor

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Wendy Parker

Professor of Philosophy

Virginia Tech

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Kevin Pitts

Dean, Lay Nam Chang Dean's Chair, and Professor of Physics

Virginia Tech

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The Bible, American Politics, and the End of the World

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March 30, 2023

7:30pm ET

Colonial Hall

Squires Student Center

Is There Hope?

An interactive discussion with scholars Kaitlyn Schiess (Duke University) and Matthew Gabriele (Virginia Tech) exploring the role of the Bible in American politics, and how we might respond to the tribalism, distrust of institutions, and widespread feeling of anxiety in America’s political and cultural life. Is there hope?

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Kaitlyn Schiess

Speaker, Author and Doctoral Student

Duke University

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Matthew Gabriele

Professor of Medieval Students and Chair of the Department of Religion and Culture

Virginia Tech

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Extending Mercy in an Unforgiving Age

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As we look out at our polarized social and political landscape, calls to "cancel" others who do not share our views, combined with a pervasive lack of charity toward those with whom we may disagree, seem to be on the rise. How, in light of this, might the idea of "mercy" provide a valuable framework for rethinking how we relate to the "other," whoever that other might be for us?

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Angel Adams-Parham

Associate Professor of Sociology

University of Virginia

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Gena Chandler

Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Department of English

Virginia Tech

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Laura Belmonte

Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences; Professor of History

Virginia Tech

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