2019
April 7, 2:00pm, First Presbyterian Church of New Bern
Faces of Alzheimer’s Disease Research Dr. Carol Colton, Professor in Neurology, Duke University School of Medicine.
October 6, 2:00pm, First Presbyterian Church of New Bern
Sex, Race, and Politics Explaining the Division between the Religious Left and Religious Right, Dr. Daniel K. Williams, Professor of History, University of West Georgia.
2018
April 29, 2:00pm, First Presbyterian Church of New Bern
Immunotherapy Engineering: New Treatments for Cancer Dr. Gianpietro Dotti, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, UNC School of Medicine, UNC Libeberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.
October 7, 2:00pm, First Presbyterian Church of New Bern
Concepts of God Dr. Andrei Buckareff, Marist College.
2017
The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars Dr. Michael Mann, Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science, Penn State University.
2016
I Shall Not Hate: A Message of Hope, Faith, and Courage
Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, a Palestinian physician, lost his family in the Gaza war. His determination not to hate, but to hope and work for peace was told in his book, I Shall Not Hate, and in this lecture. See the video on this site’s Videos page.
Climate Change: What’s Happening?
Dr. Bruce Wielicki, NASA senior project scientist has worked with climate change data for 40 years. His expertise and depth of knowledge made his presentation one of our best received lectures of recent years. Available on the Videos page.
2015
Fracking for Hydrocarbons in North Carolina
Dr. Kenneth B. Taylor, State Geologist of North Carolina and Dr. Avner Vengosh, Professor of Geochemistry and Water Resources, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University. Available on the Videos page.
Reason, Morality, and the Death Penalty
Michael Tigar, Professor Emeritus, Duke Law School and American University, Washington, School of Law. See Mr. Tigar’s lecture on our Videos page.
2014
New Discoveries in Ancient Galilee
Dr. Jodi Magness, Kenan Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence in Early Judaism, University of North Caolina at Chapel Hill. Video is not available because Dr. Magness shared with us discoveries that had not yet been published.
The Spirit of the Law: Religious Voices and the Constitution in Modern America
Dr. Sarah Barringer Gordon, Arlin M. Adams Professor of Constitutional Law and Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania Law School
The Ethics of Drone Warfare
Dr. John Kaag, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
2013
The Promise and Peril of Today’s Medical Miracles
Dr. Ronald M. Green, Eunice and Julian Cohen Professor for the Study of Ethics and Human Values, Dartmouth College
Soulful Science
Rev. Michael Dowd, author of Thank God for Evolution
2012
Jesus and Judaism
Dr. Amy-Jill Levine, Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies, Vanderbilt University
Troubled Waters: Issues and Politics of Eastern North Carolina’s Waters
I. Clark Wright, Attorney
Chosen for Destruction: A Holocaust Survivor Tells His Story Mr. Morris Glass
2011 | God, Soul, Mind, Brain |
Dr. Michael Graziano, Princeton University | |
Africa: Beyond the Stereotypes | |
Mr. Jon Sawyer, Dr. Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja, Dr. James Thomas, Mr. John Beck | |
2010 | New Bern’s Early Religious Communities |
Dr. Lauren Winner, | |
Nelson McDaniel | |
Gwen Bryan | |
Rev. Msgr. Gerald Lewis | |
Volcanoes of the Deep Sea | |
Dr. Richard A. Lutz | |
2008 | Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Offshore North Carolina: Could it Happen? Should it Happen? Will it Happen? |
Dr. Donald F. Oltz; Dr. B.J. Copeland; Dr. Michael F. Orbach | |
Climate Change and Polar Ice: Are We Waking Sleeping Giants? | |
Waleed Abdalati, Ph.D. | |
The New Dialogue Between Science and Religion | |
George L. Murphy, Ph.D., M.Div. | |
2007 | Ethics and Embryos: The Issues in Stem Cell Research |
Dr. Ronald M. Green | |
Toward the 21st Century: A Vision of Women in Church & Society | |
Sister Theresa Kane | |
2006 | Nanotechnology and the Future: The Facts and Some Ethical Concerns |
Dr. Vicki Colvin | |
What Americans Need to Know About Muslims and Islam | |
George W. Braswell, Jr., D. Min. Ph.D. | |
2005 | Interfaith Dialogue |
Mark J. Pelavin | |
Environmental Health: Life or Half-Life | |
Dr. Dade W. Moeller | |
DaVinci Code | |
Dr. Bart Ehrman | |
2004 | The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Bible |
Dr. James C. VanderKam, Ph.D. | |