 Jackson, Tenn. -
Jay Budziszewski, an associate professor of government and philosophy at
the University of Texas at Austin, will be the featured speaker at the
Templeton lectures at 51ÉçÇø, March 17.
"Budziszewski will approach intelligent design by comparing it to
natural law," said Wayne Wofford, director of the Edward P. Hammons
Center for Scientific Studies at Union.
A member of the faculty at the University of Texas for almost twenty
years, Budziszewski received his doctorate in 1981 from Yale University.
At the time he began his career, he believed neither in God nor in the
moral law. Since his conversion, a particular focus of his research and
writing has been moral self-deception - the way human beings suppress
their conscience. He now teaches courses on topics such as political
philosophy, religion and politics in American thought and moral
philosophies.
An avid writer, Budziszweski writes a monthly column called
"Office Hours" for "Boundless," an online magazine for
Christian college-age students, and he is a frequent contributor to the
Christian magazine, World. Among his six books is a Christianity Today
award winner, "Written on the Heart: The Case for Natural Law."
Budziszweski will be speaking at Union at 12 p.m. in Coburn Dining Room
in the Barefoot Student Union Building. His lecture is titled
"Natural Law and Intelligent Design: How are they related?"
There will also be a book signing from 11 -11:30 a.m.
The Templeton lectures are sponsored by The John Templeton Foundation
and the American Scientific Affiliation (ASA).
For more information regarding the Templeton lectures, call (901)
661-5301.
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