Book Launch: God, Struggle and Suffering in the Evolution of Life
How is the confession of the Christian God compatible with all the struggle, violence and suffering to which the Darwinian world testifies? This work identifies key fault lines in this rapidly growing debate – over the questions of resistance to the divine will in the non-human creation in particular.
Joined by Christopher Southgate, Paul Fiddes, Neil Messer, Bethany Sollereder and Mark Wynn, Michael Lloyd will be launching their joint work God, Struggle and Suffering in the Evolution of Life. There will be a short panel discussion on this work, undoubtedly delivered with Michael’s usual humour and wisdom.
Date: 28 October 2025, 17:15
Venue: Wycliffe Hall, 54 Banbury Road OX2 6PW
Venue Details: 54 Banbury Road
Speakers: Christopher Southgate (University of Exeter), Professor Paul S. Fiddes, Revd Dr Michael Lloyd (Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford), Professor Neil Messer (Professor of Bioethics at St Mary's University in Twickenham; Director of the Anscombe Bioethics Centre and Fellow of Blackfriars, University of Oxford), Prof Mark Wynn (Oxford), Dr Bethany Sollereder (University of Oxford)
Organising department: Wycliffe Hall
Organiser: Conferences and Events office (Wycliffe Hall)
Organiser contact email address: conferences@wycliffe.ox.ac.uk
Host: Revd Dr Michael Lloyd (Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford)
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launch-god-struggle-and-suffering-in-the-evolution-of-life-tickets-1743388003449?aff=oddtdtcre
Cost: Free
Audience: Public
Editor: Rowan Azevedo-Greenwood