Where is God in a Pandemic? With Prof. John Lennox

About this conversation

So where is God amongst all of this trauma and uncertainty? Whether you're a believer, an atheist or non-plussed, it's a fascinating time to consider the biggest of bigger pictures with a contemporary figure who has debated these issues with the most prominent minds of our time. Join the author of “Where is God in a Coronavirus World” and me in conversation. 

Professor John Lennox

Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University and an internationally renowned speaker on the interface of science, philosophy and religion. He has debated Richard Dawkins on “The God Delusion” and on “Has Science buried God?”.

He has written a number of books on the interface between science, philosophy and theology including God’s Undertaker: Has Science Buried God? (2009), God and Stephen Hawking, a response to The Grand Design (2011), Can Science Explain Everything? (2019) in addition to over seventy published mathematical papers. 

He studied at the Royal School Armagh, Northern Ireland and was Exhibitioner and Senior Scholar at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University from which he took his MA, MMath and PhD. He worked for many years in the Mathematics Institute at the University of Wales in Cardiff which awarded him a DSc for his research. He also holds an MA and DPhil from Oxford University (by incorporation) and an MA in Bioethics from the University of Surrey. He was a Senior Alexander Von Humboldt Fellow at the Universities of Würzburg and Freiburg in Germany.

Why you should listen?

He debated Richard Dawkins on “The God Delusion” in the University of Alabama (2007) and on “Has Science buried God?” in the Oxford Museum of Natural History (2008). He has also debated Christopher Hitchens on the New Atheism (Edinburgh Festival, 2008) and the question of “Is God Great?” (Samford University, 2010), as well as Peter Singer on the topic of “Is there a God?” (Melbourne, 2011). 

Buy Professor Lennox's books here.