{"id":1834,"date":"2025-05-14T18:42:27","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T01:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cslewis.org\/si\/?page_id=1834"},"modified":"2025-06-03T21:03:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T04:03:53","slug":"john-lennox","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cslewis.org\/si\/program\/speakers-artists\/john-lennox\/","title":{"rendered":"John Lennox"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1834\" class=\"elementor elementor-1834\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bc2a3c9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2bc2a3c9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43f13c32 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-breadcrumbs\" data-id=\"43f13c32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-breadcrumbs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-breadcrumbs\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-breadcrumbs__content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cslewis.org\/si\">Home<\/a> <span class=\"eael-breadcrumb-separator\">\/<\/span> <span class = \"eael-current\">Page<\/span><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72e98e09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"72e98e09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6843c27e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6843c27e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d16d8b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1d16d8b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cslewis.org\/si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/John-Lennox-HR.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2127\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cslewis.org\/si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/John-Lennox-HR.webp 500w, https:\/\/www.cslewis.org\/si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/John-Lennox-HR-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.cslewis.org\/si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/John-Lennox-HR-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e0ad365 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4e0ad365\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71f00438 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71f00438\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Morning Plenary Speaker<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fa92482 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7fa92482\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">John Lennox<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-243e2f03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"243e2f03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>On the subject of: <\/strong>The Opportunities &amp; Hope for the Gospel in Our Culture and the Role of Apologetics<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-162449dd elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"162449dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45df5143 elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"45df5143\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnlennox.org\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-external-link-alt\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M432,320H400a16,16,0,0,0-16,16V448H64V128H208a16,16,0,0,0,16-16V80a16,16,0,0,0-16-16H48A48,48,0,0,0,0,112V464a48,48,0,0,0,48,48H400a48,48,0,0,0,48-48V336A16,16,0,0,0,432,320ZM488,0h-128c-21.37,0-32.05,25.91-17,41l35.73,35.73L135,320.37a24,24,0,0,0,0,34L157.67,377a24,24,0,0,0,34,0L435.28,133.32,471,169c15,15,41,4.5,41-17V24A24,24,0,0,0,488,0Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Speaker's Website<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4870cdec e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4870cdec\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67d36bc8 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"67d36bc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>J<strong>ohn Lennox<\/strong>, Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University (emeritus), is an internationally renowned speaker on the interface of science, philosophy and religion. He regularly teaches at many academic institutions, is Senior Fellow with the Trinity Forum and has written a series of books exploring the relationship between science and Christianity.<\/p><p>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 W\u00fcrzburg and Freiburg in Germany.<\/p><p>He has lectured extensively in North America, Eastern and Western Europe and Australasia on mathematics, the philosophy of science and the intellectual defence of Christianity. He has written a number of books on the interface between science, philosophy and theology. These include\u00a0<em>God\u2019s Undertaker: Has Science Buried God?<\/em>\u00a0(2009),\u00a0<em>God and Stephen Hawking<\/em>, a response to\u00a0<em>The Grand Design<\/em>\u00a0(2011),\u00a0<em>Gunning for God<\/em>, on the new atheism (2011), and\u00a0<em>Seven Days that Divide the World<\/em>, on the first chapters of Genesis (2011). He has also written a number of books exploring biblical themes, including\u00a0<em>Against the Flow<\/em>\u00a0(2015), on the topic of Daniel,\u00a0<em>Determined to Believe? (2017),\u00a0<\/em>on the the subject of free will and God\u2019s sovereignty<em>, Joseph<\/em>\u00a0(2019), on the story in Genesis, and the \u2018Key Bible Concepts\u2019 series, co\u2013written with David Gooding (in the 1990s). His most recent titles are\u00a0<em>Have no Fear<\/em>\u00a0(2018), on evangelism today,\u00a0<em>Can Science Explain Everything?<\/em>\u00a0(2019), on the relationship between science and Christianity, and the six\u2013part \u2018Quest for Reality and Significance\u2019 series co\u2013written by David Gooding (2018\u20139). 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