John Lennox

John Lennox, 2015

John Carson Lennox (* 7. November 1943 in Northern Ireland ) is an emeritus professor of mathematics University of Oxford .

Life

Lennox studied at Emmanuel College , Cambridge . There he heard, among other things, the last lecture by CS Lewis on the poet John Donne . In 1970, Lennox was awarded a doctorate by Cambridge University for his dissertation Centrality and Permutability in Soluble Groups .

Lennox then taught mathematics at the University of Wales at Cardiff for 29 years . During this time he spent research stays at the universities of Würzburg , Freiburg (as a fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation ) and Vienna . He has also given guest lectures in mathematics and biblical interpretation in Europe and North America . In addition to his scientific publication activities, he translated the works of Russian mathematicians.

Today Lennox teaches at the University of Oxford and is particularly concerned with determining the relationship between science and religion. He has become known to the non-university public as an author and speaker on this subject.

Positions

Lennox (left) discusses with Christopher Hitchens in Alabama

Lennox particularly intervened in the scientific discussion from his decidedly Christian point of view. So he faced public debate with people who doubt or exclude the existence of God or God's intervention in the world, such as Richard Dawkins , British evolutionary biologist, Christopher Hitchens , British-American author and journalist, and Michael Shermer , American Science journalist, and Peter Singer , Australian philosopher and bioethicist.

John Lennox represents the theory of intelligent design in a moderate form , but describes creationist currents (as a result of strictly literal interpretation of the Bible) as "literalistic".

• On 3 October 2007 discussed Lennox with Richard Dawkins at the University of Alabama at Birmingham on the theses that Dawkins in his book The God Delusion (dt. The God Delusion ) setting out.
• A radio interview with Dawkins at Trinity College (Oxford) followed in April 2008 .
• On August 9, 2008, Lennox debated with Christopher Hitchens at the Edinburgh International Festival whether Europe should bury its religious tradition and instead openly embrace the new atheism , i.e. the strict rejection of religion after the events of 9/11.
• On August 23, 2008, Lennox argued with Michael Shermer at the Wesley Conference Center in Sydney about the existence of God.
• On October 21, 2008, Lennox had a third discussion with Richard Dawkins at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History , the site of the evolutionary debate between Thomas Henry Huxley and Samuel Wilberforce in 1860. The discussion was titled "Has Science Buried God?" Did science bury God?). The Spectator called the meeting "Huxley-Wilberforce, Round Two" (Eng. Huxley-Wilberforce, Second Round). → Huxley-Wilberforce debate
• On March 3, 2009, Lennox had a second debate with Christopher Hitchens at Samford University in Homewood, Alabama on the question, "Is God Great?" The reliability of some of the claims in Hitchens' book was discussed God is Not Great (Eng. The Lord is not a shepherd ).
• On July 20, 2011, Lennox and Peter Singer met at Melbourne Town Hall in Melbourne . They debated the subject of “Is There a God?” (Eng. Is there a God?)

Private

Lennox speaks English, Russian, French and German. He is married to Sally Lennox, has three children and five grandchildren and lives in the countryside near Oxford.

Works

mathematics

• John C. Lennox, Derek JS Robinson: The Theory of Infinite Soluble Groups. Clarendon Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-850728-3 .
• John C. Lennox, Stewart E. Stonehewer: Subnormal subgroups of groups. Clarendon, Oxford 1987, ISBN 0-19-853552-X .

Belief and science

• God's Undertaker. Has Science Buried God?
  • German edition: Has science buried God? A critical analysis of modern thinking conditions 8., exp . and completely reworked. Edition, SCM R. Brockhaus Verlag, Witten 2009, ISBN 978-3-417-26261-2 .
• God and Stephen Hawking. Whose design is it anyway?
  • German edition: Stephen Hawking, the universe and God , SCM R. Brockhaus Verlag, Witten 2011, ISBN 978-3-417-26389-3 .
• Gunning for God. Why the New Atheists are Missing the Target , published by Lion Hudson, Oxford 2011.
  • German edition: God in the crosshairs. Why the New Atheism does not hit , SCM R. Brockhaus Verlag, Witten 2013, ISBN 978-3-417-26535-4 .
• Seven Days That Divide the World. The Beginning According to Genesis and Science , Zondervan 2011.
  • German edition: Seven days, the universe and God. What science and the Bible say about the origin of the world , SCM R. Brockhaus Verlag, Institute for Faith and Science series , Witten 2014, ISBN 978-3-417-26569-9 .

Other works

• Against the Flow: The Inspiration of Daniel in an Age of Relativism . Monarch Books, Oxford 2015. ISBN 978-0-85721-621-2
• Determined to Believe: The Sovereignty of God, Freedom, Faith, and Human Responsibility . Monarch Books, Oxford 2017. ISBN 978-0-85721-872-8

Web links

Commons : John Lennox  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Official Site of John Lennox (English)
• Literature by and about John Lennox in the catalog of the German National Library
• The Feed Trust offers interpretations of the Bible by Gilbert and John Lennox
• Fixed Point Foundation - updates on the debates with Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens
• Premier Christian Radio Discussion on: "Are we alone in the Universe?" (Eng. Are we alone in the universe?)
• Lecture on "Has Science Buried God?" dated December 4, 2012, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich
• biographical summary

Individual evidence

1. ^ Emeritus Fellows. Green Templeton College, retrieved May 29, 2018 : "Professor John C Lennox, DPhil, PhD, MA (Camb), DSc (Wales), MA Professor of Mathematics, Laing Trust Fellow in Mathematics and Philosophy of Science, Pastoral Adviser" 
2. ↑ John Lennox, “Has Science Buried God?” SCM R. Brockhaus; Foreword, p. 16, edition 3, Aug. 2011.
3. ^ Fixed Point Foundation: Richard Dawkins vs. John Lennox: The God Delusion Debate. February 8, 2017. Retrieved May 29, 2018 . 
4. ^ Naomi Schaefer Riley: A Revelation: Civil Debate Over God's Existence. The Wall Street Journal, October 12, 2007, accessed May 29, 2018 . 
5. ^ The Dawkins - Lennox Interview (audio). Fixed Point Foundatio, accessed May 29, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Fixed Point Foundation: Christopher Hitchens vs John Lennox: Can Atheism Save Europe? Debate. March 28, 2017. Retrieved May 29, 2018 . 
7. ^ New Europe, New Atheism? . Wet Lenses. Retrieved November 3, 2009.
8. ↑ John Lennox vs. Michael Shermer: The Great Debate - Does God Exist? MP3 audio. September 29, 2008. Retrieved May 29, 2018 . 
9. ↑ Public Lectures, forums and debates with Dr. John Lennox . Center for Public Christianity. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved November 3, 2009.
10. ↑ Fixed Point Foundation: Richard Dawkins vs John Lennox: Has Science Buried God? Debate. June 1, 2017. Retrieved May 29, 2018 . 
11. ↑ Melanie Phillips: Is Richard Dawkins still evolving? The Spectator, reprinted with permission of the author by Catholic Education Resource Center, October 23, 2008, accessed May 29, 2018 . 
12. ↑ Melanie Phillips: Huxley-Wilberforce, Round Two . The Spectator. June 12, 2008. Archived from the original on November 7, 2010. Retrieved on May 29, 2018.
13. ↑ Fixed Point Foundation: Christopher Hitchens vs John Lennox: Is God Great? Debate. June 20, 2017. Retrieved May 29, 2018 . 
14. ^ Katherine Weaver: Christian and atheist face off in debate . The Samford Crimson. March 4, 2009. Archived from the original on March 29, 2009. Retrieved on May 29, 2018.
15. ↑ Fixed Point Foundation: Peter Singer vs John Lennox: Is There a God? Debate. August 19, 2017. Retrieved May 29, 2018 . 
16. ↑ Review of Lennox / Singer Debate: Is There A God? . ISCAST. Archived from the original on January 6, 2016. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
17. ↑ Amanda Read: Who is John Lennox? In: The Washington Times Communities. August 3, 2011, archived from the original on August 16, 2014 ; accessed on January 11, 2014 .