Presbyterian leader to deliver lecture on science, religion tonight

The Rev. James Bradley Miller—general missioner of the Presbyterian Association on Science, Technology and the Christian Faith—will deliver the Tenth Annual Jackson B. Davidson Lecture on Science and Religion at 7 p.m. today at First Presbyterian Church of Oak Ridge.

The title of the free lecture is “From Wow to Work: Science and Congregational Worship, Education and Mission.” It will be held in the church sanctuary, located at the southeast corner of Oak Ridge Turnpike and Lafayette Drive.

“We live in and are part of an ever-amazing creation,” Miller said. “However, I will focus on particular implications that a scientifically mediated understanding of God’s creation has for the worship, education, and mission of Christian congregations.”

Childcare will be available, and refreshments will be served after the lecture in the church’s fellowship hall.

Miller led a workshop at the church on Saturday. Sessions focused on ways to relate science to the Christian faith, and participants discussed God, Christ, and “Adam” in a scientific and technological culture.

The annual lecture honors the late Jack Davidson, a church elder and award-winning researcher at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He was intensely interested in the relationships between science and religion and gave sermons on the topic.