'Creation' lecture series scheduled

A lecture series titled "The Epic of Creation: Scientific and Religious Perspectives on Our Origins" will be presented during the winter quarter at the Lutheran School of Theology. Lectures will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. on Monday evenings from Jan. 3 through March 14.

The series will explore the story of creation from scientific and biblical perspectives and will consider the role of those perspectives in the human quest for meaning. Each session will include a discussion period.

The speakers will include several University faculty members: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Professor in Psychology; Rodney Holmes, Senior Lecturer in the College; James Hopson, Professor in Organismal Biology & Anatomy; Edward Kolb, Professor in Astronomy & Astrophysics; David Oxtoby, Mellon Professor in Chemistry and Director of the James Franck Institute; Robert Richards, Professor in History; Philip Ulinski, Professor in Organismal Biology & Anatomy; and Donald York, Professor in Astronomy & Astrophysics.

The lectures are free and open to the public. For a schedule of topics and speakers, call 753-0670.