

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Evolutionary Innovation, Chance and Necessity: Science and  Theology
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 21 Mar, 2026 at 09:30 am – Sat, 21 Mar, 2026 at 03:00 pm
- **Event Description**: A seminar with evolutionary biologist, Dr Zach Arndern, with responses from Dr Peter Wills, Dr Nick Matzke and Dr Nicola Hoggard CreeganAbout this EventMolecular biology pioneer Jacques Monod famously wrote that “chance alone is at the source of every innovation, and of all creation in the biosphere”. This view is consistent with Monod’s materialist philosophy of science, and has a strong conceptual basis rooted in the putative randomness of mutations. But factors other than chance have also influenced evolutionary innovations in the history of life. The role of underlying principles of evolution aside from either chance or natural selection has gained more attention recently. Do these developments constitute a shift away from the Modern Synthesis? What, if anything, are the worldview implications of these developments, and how do they sit with a Christian theological framing of evolutionary history?Includes lunch and coffee
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/auckland/evolutionary-innovation-chance-and-necessity-science-and-theology/100001982417726786
- **Event Categories**: workshops
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## Ticket Details

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- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 20, max: 20, currency: NZD

## Event venue details

- **city**: Auckland
- **state**: AU
- **country**: New Zealand
- **location**: Maclaurin Chapel
- **lat**: -36.8490638
- **long**: 174.7699708
- **full address**: Maclaurin Chapel, 18 Princes Street, Auckland, New Zealand

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: New Zealand Christians in Science (https://allevents.in/org/new-zealand-christians-in-science/18621898)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 21 Mar, 2026 at 09:30 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Maclaurin Chapel, 18 Princes Street, Auckland, New Zealand
- **Q**: What is the ticket price?
  - **A:** starting from 20 up to 20 NZD
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** New Zealand Christians in Science
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** workshops
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Evolutionary Innovation, Chance and Necessity: Science and  Theology ?
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