[Classifieds] Upcoming Talk, 6/8: Ursula Goodenough - The Sacred Depths of Nature: How Life Has Emerged and Evolved

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John Wesley United Methodist Church is hosting a discussion with Dr. Ursula Goodenough, professor emerita of biology at Washington University in St. Louis, on "Finding the Sacred in Nature." Dr. Goodenough is author of the book The Sacred Depths of Nature: How Life Has Emerged and Evolved. This event is Saturday, June 8, at 6:30 PM, 270 Gifford Street in Falmouth. Doors open at 6:15.



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Dr. Ursula Goodenough, best-selling author and professor emerita of biology at Washington University in St. Louis, will present a talk, "Finding the Sacred in Nature," on Saturday, June 8, at John Wesley United Methodist Church, 270 Gifford Street in Falmouth. Doors will open at 6:15 p.m. and the talk will begin at 6:30, with light refreshments to follow. This event is free and open to the public.


Goodenough completed her Ph.D. in Biology at Harvard University and served as an assistant and associate professor of biology at Harvard from 1971-1978 before moving to Washington University. She retired to Martha's Vineyard in 2017. Throughout her career Goodenough investigated the sexual cycle of the green soil alga Chlamydomonas, ciliary motility, and algal biofuel precursors. She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Microbiology Society, and served as president of the American Society for Cell Biology.


As a speaker and writer for both the scientific community and the general public, Goodenough authored three editions of a widely adopted textbook, "Genetics," as well as a best-selling book about the religious naturalist perspective, "The Sacred Depths of Nature: How Life Has Emerged and Evolved."


For decades, Goodenough has contributed to interdisciplinary conversations about the intersection of science, religion and morality, including participation in the NPR shows "On Being" and "Cosmos & Culture," and multiple PBS productions. Her talk at John Wesley UMC will explore how scientific and spiritual thought not only are capable of coexisting but can work together to help us understand our story as human beings on this planet.


For more information, visit johnwesleyumc.org<http://johnwesleyumc.org> or contact jwumcfalmouth at comcast.net<mailto:jwumcfalmouth at comcast.net>.

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