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The Science and Religious Conflict Project at the University of Oxford is hosting a major conference entitled, Does Religion Lead to Tolerance or Intolerance? Perspectives from Across the Disciplines. The conference runs from 17-19 May.

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• Religious Toleration, religious freedom and human nature Roger Trigg with Commentator John Perry May 17, 2010 Speakers: Roger Trigg, John Perry Roger Trigg is the Emeritus Professor of Philosophy in the University of Warwick, Senior Research Fellow in the University of Oxford Faculty of...

• Religion and compromise Walter Sinnott-Armstrong with Commentator Nick Shackel May 17, 2010 Speakers: Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Nick Shackel Walter Sinnott-Armstrong is the Chaucey Stillman Professor in Practical Ethics in the Department of Philosophy and the Kenan Institute for Ethics....

• Religious disagreement and religious accommodation Tony Coady with Commentator Reverend Liz Carmichael May 17, 2010 Speakers: Tony Coady, Liz Carmichael Tony Coady is the Vice-Chancelor's Fellow and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Melbourne. He has been awardd the Commonwealth of...

• Personal religion, tolerance, and universal compassion Dan Batson with Commentator Steve Clarke May 17, 2010 Speakers: Dan Batson, Steve Clarke Related Files: DanBatsonandSteveClarke-MP3forAudioPodcasting.mp3 Dan Batson is a Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Kansas. His research is focused on prosocial emotion, motivation and behavior...

• The view from the East pole: Buddhist and Confucian soteriologies and tolerance Owen Flanagan with Commentator Guy Kahane May 17, 2010 Speakers: Owen Flanagan, Guy Kahane Owen Flanagan is the James B. Duke Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Neurobiology at Duke University. In 1998, he was recipient of the ...

• The relation between the neurobiology of morality and religion Patricia Smith Churchland with Commentator Julian Savulescu May 17, 2010 Speakers: Patricia Churchland, Julian Savulescu Patricia Smith Churchland is UC President’s Professor of Philosophy at UC San Diego, focuses on neuroethics and attempts to understand...

• Social psychological aspects of religion and prejudice: evidence from experimental and survey research Miles Hewstone with Commentator Nick Southwood May 17, 2010 Speakers: Miles Hewstone, Nick Southwood Miles Hewstone is a Professor in the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford. He has published widely in the general field...

• Commentary with Richard Dawkins University of Oxford May 17, 2010 Speakers: Richard Dawkins Richard Dawkins is an evolutionary theorist who, until his retirement in 2008, was the inaugural holder of the Charles Simonyi Chair in the Public...

• Science and Religious Conflict Conference Panel Richard Dawkins, Patricia Smith Churchland, Owen Flanagan and others. Moderated by Roger Bingham May 17, 2010 Speakers: Richard Dawkins, Patricia Churchland, Owen Flanagan, Roger Bingham Richard Dawkins is an evolutionary theorist who, until his retirement in 2008, was the inaugural holder of the Charles Simonyi Chair in the ...