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MRI Public Forum | Religion and Science as Partners: The life and research of Fr. Johann Nepomuk Hinteröcker SJ

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The Macau Ricci Institute is hosting the Public Forum “Religion and Science as Partners: The life and research of Fr. Johann Nepomuk Hinteröcker SJ” on October 17.

ABOUT THE TALK:

Sometimes science and religion are seen as contradictory, but many clergy-scientists have shown us that the supposed contradiction is in fact illusory. We can remember scientists including Gregor Mendel OSA, Michal Boym SJ, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin SJ, and many others who have happily combined a scientific interest in creation with a belief in the Creator. One of these was Johann Nepomuk Hinteröcker (1820-1876) an Austrian Jesuit who emigrated to Australia. The German philosopher Hermann Luebbe has shown in great detail how religion has been a key ally of science in the process of the enlightenment.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

Dr. Roderick O’Brien

Dr Roderick O’Brien is an associate editor of the Journal of the Macau Ricci Institute, and for many years a researcher in studies of China. He has also researched clergy-scientists including Johann Nepomuk Hinteröcker, and his friend (a diocesan priest) Fr Julian Tenison-Woods. From Austria and from England, each contributed to the development of science and faith in the 19th century Australia.

DETAILS:

Date: Tuesday, 17 October 2023
Time: 7:30 pm – 8:45 pm (GMT +8, Macau time)
Location: Library of the Jesuits Largo de Santo Agostinho, 4, Jesuitas Macau
Language: English

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Deadline of registration: 16 October 2023

*For online participants, we will send you a confirmation email and ZOOM ACCESS LINK after your registration.

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