Life and its Origin - Bhaktivedanta Institute Conference - Rome, Italy 2004

This conference took its participants through a voyage of oldest spiritual revelations and cutting edge scientific concepts about life and its origin. With the speakers coming from Oxford to Harvard universities, from a temple in India to the Vatican and Church in Assisi and with the enthusiastic scholarly audience.
The conference is a perfect mix of science, religion, language and culture. Scientists sought blessings, clergy took advantage of the facilities provided by science, both took pleasure in each others company, deliberations were simultaneously available in both English and Italian languages.
The topics of the sessions included, ‘Scientific and Spiritual Perspectives on Life and Its Origin’, ‘Theistic Interpretation of Empirical Observations on Life and Its Origin’, ‘God and the New Biology’, ‘Scientific Exploration for the Existence of God’, ‘Darwin and God’, and ‘The Science of God’.
Theologians ranging from Jewish Rabbi, Islamic scholar, Buddhist Priest, Hindu and Christian priests and scholars as well as scientists ranging from microbiologists up to Cosmologists and molecular evolutionists to Darwinian evolutionists participated in the conference.
Bhaktivedanta Institute organized Second International Congress on Life and Its Origin: Exploration from Science and Spiritual/Religious Traditions, Nov. 11-14, 2004, in Rome, Italy.