REEDER STREET DISCUSSION SERIES, FALL 2009
Khuda Kay Liye
In the Name of God
What social issues do Muslims today face – at home and abroad?
How should the traditional values of Islam – and of any religious faith – play a role in our modern lives?
Movie screening at Reeder House, 7 PM on Saturday, Sept. 12
Dinner will be served at 6 PM and the discussion will start at 6:30 on Tuesday, Sept. 15
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Sources of Information
Acceptance of Muslims in the U.S. and treatment of post-9/11 prisoners
Social issues in Pakistan and Islam
The First Reeder Fellows Discussion of the Fall 2009 Semester
I THINK. I ADAPT. I EVOLVE
Date: September 8th, 2009
Time: dinner at 6pm, discussion starts at 6.30pm
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Location: Reeder Fellows House Lounge
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TOPIC: I think. I adapt. I evolve
Charles Robert Darwin (1809 – 1882) was an English naturalist who realised and presented compelling evidence that all species of life have evolved over time from common ancestors, through the process he called natural selection. The fact that evolution occurs became accepted by the scientific community and much of the general public in his lifetime, but it was not until the emergence of the modern evolutionary synthesis from the 1930s to the 1950s that a broad consensus developed that natural selection was the basic mechanism of evolution. In modified form, Darwin’s scientific discovery is the unifying theory of the life sciences, explaining the diversity of life.
How did the theory of evolution changed the way we see ourselves as a species?
And how about influence on the purpose of our lives?
How can we reconcile the theory of evolution with the religious faith?
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