Join us for one or all of three lectures happening this school year on the value of human life and the current complexities raised in society that cause one to consider virtue in the posture toward humanity.
The Human Dignity Series welcomes the following prestigious lecturers to Asbury University’s campus!
Historian, California State University, Stanislaus
Weikart’s presentation will examine the ways that prominent Western thinkers from the past three centuries have contributed to the erosion of the Judeo- Christian sanctity-of-life ethic. Numerous leading intellectuals from the Enlightenment to the present have claimed that humans are the product of mindless, random, purposeless processes and thus have no intrinsic value. This has contributed to mass murder in communist and fascist regimes and opened the door to widespread acceptance of abortion, assisted suicide, euthanasia, and transhumanism, especially among many who are highly educated.
Bioethicist, St. Mary’s University, London, UK
With the possible selection of a future child’s health, athletic prowess or intelligence becoming ever more likely in the context of new developments in human reproduction, concerns are growing about the consequences of such selection on modern society. MacKellar’s talk will address the discredited eugenic programmes of early twentieth century regimes that may now be resurfacing as more ‘sanitized’ selective eugenics. MacKellar will examine the urgent need to evaluate both current and future selection practices from a Christian perspective.
Theologian, Indiana Wesleyan University
Bounds will discuss the Christian conception of the Imago Dei and historic significance of the Eternal Son’s incarnation, with particular attention given to Wesleyan-Holiness distinctives.