DR. MANDYAMSRINIVASAN, AM, FAA, FRS
Professor of Visual Neuroscience  Queensland Brain Institute
Fellow of the Royal Society of London
Member of the Order of Australia
Old Cottonian – 1962
THE REV. DR. J. JAYAKIRAN SEBASTIAN
Dean & H. George Anderson Professor  Of Mission and Cultures
The Lutheran Theological Seminary, Philadelphia
Presbyter, Church of South India
Old Cottonian – 1974

The World through the Prism of Science and Religion: Perspectives, Possibilities, and Promises

A scientist who applies visual systems of honeybees to unmanned aerial vehicles, and a theologian who studies faith, baptism and conversion – both see the world differently. Does one discipline explain life’s mysteries better than the other? Ordo they have common ground? Do they face similar challenges? And what do they promise for the future? These, among many others, are the puzzles our speakers will unravel.