Leading scientists are heading to church to debate the relationship between science and faith.
St Michael Le Belfrey Church, High Petergate, York
Thurs June 8th-Sat Jun 10 @ 7.30pm
Free
Professor Tom McLeish and Professor Stephen Smye, along with other stellar scientists, will be engaging in vigorous discussion at Faith In The Questions as part of the York Festival Of Ideas.
The evening begins with Counting The Clouds, an inventive new one-act play by Nigel Forde.
It will grapple with the scientific and personal challenges which arise from the debate surrounding belief and scientific enquiry. In the Q&A session that follows, audience members will be invited to raise their own questions.
Professor Stephen Smye is a specialty cluster lead for the NIHR Clinical Research Network based at King’s College London.
Biblical twist
Counting the Clouds has been written for the evening by York poet and playwright Nigel Forde.
The play the biblical figure of Job as a modern day scientist. Job wrestles with the unpredictable structure of the universe, asking if God could possibly be in control?
Or is that even a reasonable question to ask? When Job’s personal world is shaken to the core, how can he reconcile the pieces of the puzzle that emerges?
He was regularly heard on Radio 4 for ten years as resident poet on and then as the presenter of Bookshelf. He wrote three screenplays for the BBC2 series Testament, one of which won an Emmy.
The evening is supported by Scientists in Congregations.