TORONTO, January 16, 2002 -- Christopher J. Corbally, a Jesuit priest and vice director of the Vatican Observatory, will give a talk at York University, Discovering ET, Discovering God, Friday, January 18, at 2 p.m.
Corbally will examine whether Judaeo-Christian notions of God need to change when scientists encounter extraterrestrial life -- whether it be the kind of primitive life suggested by fossilized bacteria-like organisms recently found by NASA in a Mars meteorite or even contact with intelligent life forms. Corbally will also discuss the implications posed by recent scientific theories that humankind may be alone in the universe.
Corbally completed a bachelor of science degree in physics at Bristol University in 1971, a master of science in astronomy at the University of Sussex (Brighton) in 1972 and a doctorate in astronomy at the University of Toronto in 1983.
He completed a bachelor's degree in theology from Heythrop College, University of London, in 1976, and a diploma in pastoral theology from Heythrop College in 1977. He entered the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in 1963 and was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1976.
Corbally is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, a member of the American Astronomical Society, and a member of the International Astronomical Union. He is also president of the Institute on Religion in an Age of Science and resides in Tucson, Arizona, where he researches the evolution of stars and galaxies.
Presented by York’s Science and Society Program and Bethune College, Corbally’s talk is the third of four seminars in the series The Quest for Contact: In Search of Extraterrestrial Life, in which guest speakers with an expertise in the history of science, astronomy and theology offer up their insights.
The talk will take place in the Senate Chamber, N940 Ross Building, York University, 4700 Keele St.
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