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The Science and Spirituality Forum at Middle Tennessee State University grew out of early conversations among four MTSU professors about various spiritual perspectives, scientific advances, and our human place in the cosmos.

These conversations have developed into lunch dialogues among interested faculty, staff and students.

Fall 2011 Topic : What Can The Dying Teach The Living?

Brown Bag Sessions

September 15: Setting The Stage

Scott Owings, Chaplain, Guardian Hospice, Franklin, Tennessee
Jackie Clevenger, Chaplain, Middle Tennessee Medical Center, Murfreesboro

September 29: The Christian Perspective
Lenoir Culbertson, Elder, Tennessee United Methodist Church and Murfreesboro District Superintendent of the Tennessee Annual Conference
Barry Culbertson, Coordinator of Pastoral Care Services at Vanderbilt Hospital and Elder, Holston Conference, United Methodist Church
October 13: The Jewish Perspective
Rami Shapiro, Rabbi, Author, Lecturer, & Adjunct Professor, MTSU
October 27: The Muslim Perspective
Ossama Mohamed Bahloul, Imam, Murfreesboro Islamic Center
November 10: The Scientific Perspective
"A Scientific Perspective on Death & Near-Death Experiences"
Bill Compton, Professor of Psychology, MTSU
Gary Wulfsberg, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, MTSU

Brown bag sessions will be held from 11:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m in the 4th floor conference room, Walker Library, MTSU. Feel free to bring your lunch with you (brown bag optional).

Symposium

What Can The Dying Teach The Living?
Dr. Robert Fisher, President, Belmont University, and co-author of
Life Is a Gift: Inspiration from the Soon Departed
State Farm Lecture Hall, College of Business, MTSU
November 10, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

A panel of the luncheon speakers will respond to a keynote address.