Religion v. Natural Theology?

This week's featured lecturer, William James, was the first educator to offer a psychology course in the United States. #TheGiffords

The Sandyford murder case took place in Glasgow in July 1862. Jessie McPherson, a servant, was murdered at 17 Sandyford Place. McPherson's friend Jessie McLachlan later stood trial, accused of having murdered McPherson.

Hope is what drives us. #TheGiffords

Herbert Henry Farmer was a British philosopher, academic, and Presbyterian minister. #TheGiffords

At 41 years old, Lord Gifford was appointed an advocate-depute. #GiffordFacts

Is this still true in 2024? #CrossCulturalCommunication

Werner Jaeger was a German philosopher. His life's work covered Greek philology, philosophy and theology.

Did you know that the term 'bar exam' originates from the literal meaning of 'bar' as a physical divider in courtrooms? #GiffordFacts

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Richard Dawkins is a British evolutionary biologist and author. #TheGiffords

Who's up for a little debate? 💡

Do you ever feel like truth and reality transcend words? #TheGiffords

This week's featured lecturer is Nicholas Thomas Wright. Better known as N.T. Wright, he is one of the world’s leading New Testament scholars and an authority on the apostle Paul.

Learn more at giffordlectures.org/speaker/nt-wri…

Another fact about our founder's educational background: he studied law at the University of Edinburgh! 🎓 #GiffordFacts

The ongoing divisions and conflicts within humanistic studies are remarkably noticeable. Do you agree? #TheGiffords

In this series of six lectures, Baron Williams considers how language about God enters our ordinary human discourse, and the ways in which language itself is more complex and problematic than we once thought.

Learn more at giffordlectures.org/speaker/rowan-…

Leather manufacturing in Scotland dates back to the 1400s. #GiffordFacts

Early Greek poetry and philosophy aren't worlds apart.✒️ 🌍

The University of Edinburgh is delighted to host Dr Cornel West as this year's Gifford Lectures speaker from 6-16 May, 2024.
For additional details see: bit.ly/43CyZYO