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Heriot-Watt University Chaplaincy Annual Lecture

Monday, February 6, 2012

‘Gunning for God: Why the New Atheists are Missing the Target’. It will be given by Professor John Lennox, Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University and Fellow in the History and Philosophy of Science at Green Templeton College. There will be a drinks reception afterwards, from 7.45pm.

John Lennox is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford, and Fellow in Mathematics and the Philosophy of Science at Green Templeton College. He has lectured extensively in universities around the world, and has also debated many of the ‘new atheists’ such as Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens. He is the author of God’s Undertaker (2007) and God and Stephen Hawking (2010).

Staff, students and members of the public are welcome.

Regular buses to/from Riccarton, Lothian Buses Nos 25 & 34.

For catering purposes, please register with the Chaplaincy on ext 4508 or email m.boulogne@hw.ac.uk

If you cannot attend, there will be a live stream of the lecture. The address will be mms://media1.hw.ac.uk/broadcast_2

For the live stream you will need to have Windows Media Player v9 or higher on your pc to view the Webcast. Mac users with Mac OS X can use QuickTime with the ‘flip4mac’ windows media components.