Terry Lectures

The Dwight H. Terry Lectureship, also known as the Terry Lectures, was established at Yale University in 1905^[1] by a gift from Dwight H. Terry of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Its purpose is to engage both scholars and the public in a consideration of religion from a humanitarian point of view, in the light of modern science and philosophy. The subject matter has historically been similar to that of the Gifford Lectures in Scotland, and several lecturers have participated in both series.

[edit] Establishment of the Lectureship

The 1905 deed of gift establishing the lectureship states:

Although commitment to the gift was made in 1905 it did not mature until 1923, which is when the first Terry lectures were held.

[edit] Lecture Format

The lectures are free and open to the public. A single installment generally consists of four lectures by the same visiting scholar, given over the course of a month or less. Many of the lectures have been edited into books published by the Yale University Press, and remain in print to this day (see below) Since 1999, the lectures have been recorded and archived on the Terry Lectures website as audio and/or video streams.

[edit] Past Terry Lectureships

• 2008 Terry Eagleton Faith and Fundamentalism: Is Belief in Richard Dawkins Necessary for Salvation?
• 2007 Ahmad Dallal Islam, Science, and the Challenge of History
• 2006 Barbara Herrnstein Smith Natural Reflections: Human Cognition at the Nexus of Science and Religion
• 2006 (Centennial Conference) Robert Wuthnow No Contradictions Here: Science, Religion, and the Culture of All Reasonable Possibilities
• 2006 (Centennial Conference) Lawrence M. Krauss Religion vs. Science? From the White House to Classroom
• 2006 (Centennial Conference) Alvin Plantinga Science and Religion: Why Does the Debate Continue?
• 2006 (Centennial Conference) Kenneth R. Miller Darwin, God, and Dover: What the Collapse of 'Intelligent Design' Means for Science and for Faith in America
• 2006 (Centennial Conference) Ronald L. Numbers Aggressors, Victims, and Peacemakers: Historical Actors in the Drama of Science and Religion
• 2004 David Sloan Wilson Evolution for Everyone
• 2003 Mary Douglas Writing in Circles: Ring Composition as a Creative Stimulus: ISBN 978-0-300117-62-2
• 2003 H.C. Erik Midelfort Exorcism and Enlightenment: Johann Joseph Gassner and the Demons of 18th-Century Germany: ISBN 978-0-300106-69-5
• 2001 Francisco J. Ayala From Biology to Ethics: An Evolutionist's View of Human Nature
• 2000 Peter Singer One World: The Ethics and Politics of Globalization: ISBN 978-0-300103-05-2
• 1999 Bas C. Van Fraassen The Empirical Stance: ISBN 978-0-300103-06-9
• 1998 David Hartman Struggling for the Soul of Israel: A Jewish Response to History: ISBN 978-0-300083-78-1
• 1996-97 Rev. John Polkinghorne Belief in God in an Age of Science: ISBN 978-0-300072-94-5
• 1993-94 Walter J. Gehring Genetic Control of Development: ISBN 978-0-300074-09-3
• 1988-89 Joshua Lederberg Science and Modern Life
• 1986-87 Eric R. Kandel Cell and Molecular Biological Explorations of Learning and Memory
• 1985-86 Stephen Jay Gould Darwin and Dr. Doolittle: ‘Just History’ as the Wellspring of Nature’s Order
• 1979-80 Hans Jonas Technology and Ethics: The Imperative of Responsibility: ISBN 978-0-226405-97-1
• 1978-97 Adin Steinsaltz
• 1977-78 Hans Küng Freud and the Problem of God: ISBN 978-0-300047-23-3
• 1976-77 Philip Rieff
• 1975-76 David Baken And They Took Themselves Wives: Male Female Relations in the Bible
• 1973-74 Father Theodore M. Hesburgh The Humane Imperative: A Challenge for the Year 2000: ISBN 978-0-300135-79-4
• 1971-72 James Hillman Re-Visioning Psychology: ISBN 978-0-060639-31-0
• 1968-69 Albert J. Reiss Jr. Civility and the Moral Order: The Police and the Public: ISBN 978-0-300016-46-8
• 1967-68 Clifford Geertz In Search of Islam: Religious Change in Indonesia / Islam Observed: Religious Development in Morocco and Indonesia: ISBN 978-0-226285-11-5
• 1966-67 Loren Eiseley
• 1964-65 James Munro Cameron Images of Authority: A Consideration of the Concept of Regnum and Sacerdotium: ISBN 978-0-300135-80-0
• 1963-64 Walter J. Ong The Presence of the Word: Some Prolegomena for Cultural and Religious History: ISBN 978-0-300099-73-7
• 1962-63 Michael Polanyi Man and Thought: A Symbiosis / The Tacit Dimension: ISBN 978-0-844659-99-2
• 1961-62 Norbert Wiener The Philosopher Before Symbols
• 1961-62 Paul Ricoeur Freud and Philosophy: An Essay on Interpretation: ISBN 978-0-300021-89-9
• 1958-59 Hermann Dörries Constantine and Religious Liberty: ISBN 978-0-300136-53-1
• 1957-58 Margaret Mead Continuities in Cultural Evolution: ISBN 978-0-765806-04-8
• 1956-57 Errol Eustace Harris The Idea of God in Modern Thought / Revelation Through Reason: Religion in the Light of Science and Philosophy: ISBN 978-0-317275-47-6
• 1955-56 Rebecca West The Court and the Castle: Some Treatments of a Recurrent Theme
• 1954-55 Pieter Geyl Use and Abuse of History: ISBN 978-0-300136-51-7
• 1953-54 Gordon Willard Allport Becoming: Basic Considerations for a Psychology of Personality: ISBN 978-0-300000-02-3
• 1951-52 Jerome Clarke Hunsaker Aeronautics at the Mid-Century: ISBN 978-0-300135-77-0
• 1950-51 Paul Johannes Tillich The Courage to Be: ISBN 978-0-300084-71-9
• 1949-50 Erich Fromm Psychoanalysis and Religion: ISBN 978-0-300000-89-4
• 1948-49 George Gaylord Simpson The Meaning of Evolution: ISBN 978-0-300002-29-4
• 1947-48 Alexander Stewart Ferguson
• 1946-47 Charles Hartshorne The Divine Relativity: A Social Conception of God: ISBN 978-0-300028-80-5
• 1946-47 Henri Frankfort
• 1945-46 James Bryant Conant On Understanding Science: ISBN 978-0-300136-55-5
• 1944-45 Julius Seelye Bixler Conversations with an Unrepentant Liberal: ISBN 978-0-300135-84-8
• 1943-44 George Washington Corner Ourselves Unborn: An Embryologist's Essay on Man: ISBN 978-0-300135-78-7
• 1942-43 Jacques Maritain Education at the Crossroads: ISBN 978-0-300001-63-1
• 1942-43 Alexander Dunlop Lindsay Religion, Science, and Society in the Modern World: ISBN 978-0-836926-04-0
• 1941-42 Reinhold Niebuhr
• 1940-41 Alan Gregg The Furtherance of Medical Research
• 1939-40 Henry Ernest Sigerist Medicine and Human Welfare: ISBN 978-0-300135-74-9
• 1938-39 Te Rangi Hīroa Anthropology and Religion: ISBN 978-0-208009-50-0
• 1937-38 Carl Gustav Jung Psychology and Religion: ISBN 978-0-300001-37-2
• 1936-37 Joseph Barcroft The Brain and Its Environment
• 1935-36 John Macmurray The Structure of Religious Experience: ISBN 978-0-300135-66-4
• 1934-35 Joseph Needham Order and Life: ISBN 978-0-300136-54-8
• 1933-34 John Dewey A Common Faith: ISBN 978-0-300000-69-6
• 1932-33 Herbert Spencer Jennings The Universe and Life: ISBN 978-0-300136-52-4
• 1931-32 Arthur Holly Compton The Freedom of Man: ISBN 978-0-300135-70-1
• 1930-31 Hermann Weyl The Open World: ISBN 978-0-918024-71-8
• 1929-30 William Pepperell Montague Belief Unbound: A Promethean Religion for the Modern World: ISBN 978-0-300135-75-6
• 1928-29 James Young Simpson Nature: Cosmic, Human, and Divine: ISBN 978-0-300135-65-7
• 1927-28 William Brown Science and Personality: ISBN 978-0-843400-76-2
• 1926-27 Robert Andrews Millikan Evolution in Science and Religion: ISBN 978-0-300135-68-8
• 1925-26 William Ernest Hocking The Self: Its Body and Freedom: ISBN 978-0-404591-91-5
• 1924-25 Henry Norris Russell Fate and Freedom: ISBN 978-0-300135-69-5
• 1923-24 John Arthur Thomson Concerning Evolution: ISBN 978-0-300135-67-1

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