Oxford Local Group:

1. A joint CiS Oxford/Oxford Graduate Christian Union meeting will be held on Mon 11 May in St John's College lecture theatre, St John's College, Oxford. The speaker will be Professor Alister McGrath who will be speaking on the title of his recent book, 'The Open Secret: A New Vision for Natural Theology'. Details to be finalised but please contact nathan.rose@merton.ox.ac.uk for information.
 
2. Our summer meeting will be on Friday May 22nd.  It will be held at St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, North Oxford, starting with coffee at 7.30 pm.
 
Dr Ard Louis will be speaking on "A Christian approach to biological complexity". He will be answering questions such as -
How did the biological complexity we see around us emerge?  Was it all at once, over several days, or over a long period of time?  Could God use evolutionary mechanisms?  What do we mean by chance or random mutations?  Without doubt these questions are controversial and divide Christians who otherwise hold to a similar high view of Scripture.   This talk will explore some of the models and metaphors of evolutionary biology and propose some hopefully fruitful ways  for Christians to engage with these issues.
 
Ard leads an interdisciplinary research group in the Department of Theoretical Physics in Oxford, studying problems on the border between chemistry, physics and biology.  His current research focuses on self-assembly and the physics of evolutionary biology. His  interests besides science include an active involvement in international development issues, science and faith dialogue, and ministry to graduate students.
 
Contact diana.briggs@gmail.com for information.