Events: Zygon Center Fall Student Symposium

Sacred Soil, Living Water, Holy Air:

Science, Spirituality, and the Elements of Earthly Life

The Fourth Annual Student Symposium on Science and Spirituality

Friday, Oct. 21, 2011 8:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, 1100 East 55th Street, Chicago, IL 60615

The Student Symposium on Science and Spirituality is a one-day conference designed to provide an interdisciplinary and interfaith forum for graduate, professional, and ministry students to engage in collaborative conversations and professional networking with faculty mentors.

For our fourth annual Student Symposium, we've invited three noted pioneers in restoration ecology, interfaith congregation-based environmental stewardship, and multireligious scholarship on ecology to share their perspectives asstudents invited from schools across the nationpresent their own work. TheStudent Symposium is free and open to the public. For breakfast, lunch, and reception (also free) please register in advance at www.zygoncenter.org/studentsymposium.

Download the Student Symposium poster.

Morning Keynote Presentations

Part And Apart: Land Management As Sacrament - Dr. William R. Jordan III, Depaul University
Director, The New Academy for Nature and Culture
Co-Director, The Institute for Nature and Culture, Depaul University

Contested Ground -Rev. Dr. Clare Butterfield, Faith In Place,
Executive Director, Faith in Place
Community Minister, Unity Temple, Oak Park

Afternoon Film Screening And Discussion

Journey of the Universe- Dr. John Grim, Yale University,
Professor of Comparative Religion and Ecology, Yale Divinity School
Senior Lecturer and Research Scholar, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies

Student Presentation Workshops

Elements of Earthly Life: scientific, religious, and philosophical perspectives on soil, water, and air

Sacred, Living, Holy: scientific, theological, ethical, spiritual, and liturgical bases for environmental stewardship and creation care

Soil, Water, Air: conservation, preservation, restoration, and management of soil and land resources; surface, ground, and marine water resources; and air and atmospheric resources

Schedule

Friday, Oct. 21, 2011

8:00 a.m. Registration and Breakfast
9:00 a.m. Student Presentations
11:00 a.m. Keynote Presentations
12:30 p.m. Lunch
1:45 p.m. Student Presentations
4:00 p.m. Film Screening and Discussion
5:30 p.m. Reception

For more information, please visit www.zygoncenter.org, email zcrs@lstc.edu, or call 773-256-0670.