Festival of Science, Wisdom & Faith

Festival of Science,
Wisdom & Faith, Greyfriars Kirk, 22-24 October 2021

There are those who say that science supersedes religion,
rendering faith redundant. But reverence for the natural world, finding the
answers to help humanity flourish and sustain the earth community, in all its
diversity, are spiritual pursuits too and many scientists attest urgent
questions cannot be answered by science alone.

As we look forward to the 26^th UN Climate Change
Conference in Glasgow this November, join Greyfriars Kirk, the Royal Society of
Edinburgh and other guests, for a weekend of events that celebrate what happens
when experts and those interested in a variety of fields seek knowledge and
truth together.

Time Travel with
Greyfriars Kirk and the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Fri 22 Oct, 7-9:30pm

Three short sessions explore some of the people and events
over the last 400 years that helped change humanity’s understanding of the
world, and continue to have impact today:

Witches of Scotland:
“17^thC Scotland: What it was like to be of that time, that place”

Stuart Monro, FRSE:
“James Hutton: Enlightenment thinker with a legacy for the present day”

Rebekah Widdowfield:
“RSE Futures Commsion: Debate and dialogue, academia and all of us”