W: David Myers - Friendly Letter to Skeptics & Atheists
Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Women's City Club, 254 E. Fulton, Grand Rapids, Michigan, View Map
Presented by David Myers, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Hope College
Description
Join us for A Friendly Letter to Skeptics and Atheists: Musings on Why God Is Good and Faith Isn't Evil by David Myers.
On balance, is religion toxic? Or does it contribute to human flourishing? Drawing from his recent book, A Friendly Letter to Skeptics and Atheists, David Myers suggests how faith can be reasonable, science-affirming, healthy, hopeful, and humane.
A discussion will follow.
About the Speaker
Social psychologist David Myers is a communicator of psychological science to college students and the general public.
His scientific writings, supported by National Science Foundation grants and fellowships and recognized by the Gordon Allport Prize, have appeared in three dozen academic periodicals, including Science, the American Scientist, the American Psychologist, and Psychological Science.
David has digested psychological research for the public through articles in four dozen magazines, from Scientific American to Christian Century, and through seventeen books, including general interest books and textbooks.
He is a Seattle native, an all-weather bicyclist, and an avid noontime basketball player and fan of his college’s basketball teams. David and Carol Myers married while undergraduates at Whitworth College and are parents of three adult children, sons Peter and Andrew, and a daughter, Laura. Carol is the creator of a world class website offering information and resources related to the real Santa Claus, St. Nicholas (aka Saint Nicholas).
Cost: $6.00 or free for Friends of the Center.
Contact: Jennifer Beahan, , 616-698-2342
