The fifth annual meeting of the Judaism, Science and Medicine Group will be held on September 9-10 at Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ. The meeting will begin at noon on Sunday, September 9 and end by 3:00 pm Monday September 10th. The full program is listed below.
A printable program and additional information about the group can be found at http://jewishstudies.asu.edu/science
Sunday, September 9
EVOLUTION AND TRADITIONAL RELIGIONS
Noon
Lunch (speakers and invited guests)
1:15 p.m.
Welcome
Hava Tirosh-Samuelson | Arizona State University
Rick Goldberg | Binah Yitzrit Foundation
1:30 p.m.
Session 1
“What can Modern Evolutionary Theory Contribute to the Understanding of Traditional Religions?
Not as Much as Taditional Religions can Contribute to Modern Evolutionary Theory!”
Craig Palmer | University of Missouri – Columbia
2:30 p.m.
Session 2
“Jewish Ritual and Magic: An Anthropological Perspective”
Richard Sosis | University of Connecticut
3:30 p.m.
Break
3:45 p.m.
Session 3
“Fundamental Evolutionary Motives and the Varieties of Religious Experience”
Adam Cohen | Arizona State University
4:45 p.m.
Session 4
“The Slifkin Affair: A Contemporary Jewish Evolution Controversy and Its Orthodox Response”
Rabbi Benjamin Samuels | Congregation Shaarei Tefillah, Newton MA
6:00 p.m.
Dinner (speakers and invited guests)
Breakfast (speakers and invited guests)
9:00 a.m.
Session 1
“The Developmental Evolutionary Origins of Obesity form the Perspectives of Science and Society”
Jason Robert | Arizona State University
10:00 a.m.
Session 2
“Obesity and the Rhetoric of Obesity: From Personal to Public Health Burden”
Karin Eli | Oxford University and Arizona State University
Anna Lavis, co-author, School of Health and Population Sciences| University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Session 3
“When Is Enough Enough?: Judaic Perspectives on Indulgence and Satiety”
Jonathan K. Crane | Emory University
Noon
Lunch (speakers and invited guests)
1:00 p.m.
Session 4
“Modesty Laws and Body Image Disturbance: An Application of Objectification Theory to Orthodox Jewish Women”
Renee Englin-Maddox| Northwestern University
2:00 p.m.
Session 5
“Jewish Physicians Respond to the Obesity Epidemic”
TBD
