Muokataan sivua John Lennox


'''John Carson Lennox''' on matematiikan professori <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/7522|title=Recognition of Distinction|publisher=Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford|date=2008-07-29|accessdate=2009-07-15}}</ref> Oxfordin yliopistossa ja matematiikan ja tieteenfilosofian luennoitsija Green Templeton Collegessa Oxfordissa. <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.gtc.ox.ac.uk/academic/fellowship/260-john-lennox.html | title = John C Lennox | publisher = Green Templeton College, Oxford | accessdate = 2009-07-15}}</ref>

==Varhainen elämä ja koulutus==

Lennox syntyi Pohjois-Irlannissa ja opiskeli Cambridgessa, jossa hän myös vuonna 1962 seurasi C. S. Lewisin luentoja runoilija John Donnesta. Vuonna Lennox väitteli ensimmäisen kerran tohtoriksi Cambridgen yliopistossa aiheesta ''Centrality and Permutability in Soluble Groups''. Hän kuuluu kristilliseen ryhmään nimeltä Plymouth Brethren.

==Ura==

Saatuaan väitöskirjansa valmiiksi Lennox muutti Cardiffiin Walesiin, jossa hänestä tuli matematiikan luennoitsija Walesin yliopistoon, Cardiffiin. 29 Cardiff vuotensa aikana hän vietti vuoden Würzburgin, Freiburgin ja Wienin yliopistossa. Hän luennoi paljon eri puolilla Itä- ja Länsi-Eurooppaa sekä Venäjää matematiikasta, apologetiikasta ja Raamatusta.

Hän on julkaissut yli 70 vertaisarvioitua artikkelia matematiikasta ja ollut tekijänä kahdessa monografiassa sekä toiminut venälälisen matematiikan kääntäjänä. 

Lisäksi hän opettaa  tiedettä ja uskontoa Oxfordin yliopistossa. Hän on kirjoittanut useita kirjoja tieteen suhteesta uskontoon ja etiikkaan. Viimeisimmät kirjoista ovat: ''Informetika'' (2001),<ref>Budapest: Harmat-Keve</ref> ''Hat die Wissenschaft Gott begraben?'' (''Has Science Buried God?'') (2002),<ref>Brockhaus, 2002 (Spanish Clie 2003)</ref> ''Worldview'' (2004) yhdessä David Goodingin kanssa. Hänen viimeisin kirjansa on ''God's Undertaker – Has Science buried God?" (2007).<ref>Kregel, 2007</ref>

Hän on puhunut useissa maissa mukaan luettuna useat matkat entiseen Neuvostoliittoon.

===Väittelyt===

Lennox on kristitty akateemikko, joka on ottanut osaa lukuisiin julkisiin väittelyihin ateistien kanssa mukaan luettuna [[Richard Dawkins]], Christopher Hitchens ja Michael Shermer.

Lokakuun 3, 2007 Lennox väittely [[Richard Dawkins]]in kanssa Alabaman yliopistossa Birminghamissa. Väittelyn aiheena olivat Dawkinsin näkemykset kirjassa Jumalharha. <ref>{{citeweb|url=http://fixed-point.org/index.php/video/35-full-length/164-the-dawkins-lennox-debate|title=The God Delusion Debate (Dawkins-Lennox)|publisher=Fixed Point Foundation|accessdate=2009-11-03}}</ref><ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.opinionjournal.com/forms/printThis.html?id=110010724|title=A Revelation: In Alabama, A Civil Debate Over God's Existence|author=Naomi Schaefer Riley|publisher=The Wall Street Journal|date=2007-10-12|accessdate=2009-11-03}}</ref><ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article2588509.ece|title=Richard Dawkins Debates in the Bible Belt|author=Joanna Sugden|publisher=Times Online|date=2007-10-04|accessdate=2009-11-03}}</ref> Väittelyä koskeva video nimellä "The God Delusion Debate," on netissä [http://fixed-point.org/index.php/video/35-full-length/164-the-dawkins-lennox-debate tässä.]

Professorit Lennox ja *Professors Lennox and Dawkins had a follow-up discussion in April 2008 at [[Trinity College, Oxford]] to expand upon topics left undeveloped during The God Delusion Debate.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://richarddawkins.net/article,2834,Conversation-between-Richard-Dawkins-and-John-Lennox,Richard-Dawkins-John-Lennox-Fixed-Point|title=Conversation between Richard Dawkins and John Lennox|publisher=RichardDawkins.net|accessdate=2009-11-03}}</ref><ref>{{citeweb|url=http://fixed-point.org/index.php/cds/misc-talks|title=Dawkins-Lennox Radio Interview at Trinity College|publisher=Fixed Point Foundation|accessdate=2009-11-03}}</ref>

*On August 9, 2008, Lennox debated [[Christopher Hitchens]] at the [[Edinburgh International Festival]] in [[Edinburgh, Scotland]] on the question of whether or not Europe should jettison its religious past and welcome the "[[New Atheism]]."<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.edinburghguide.com/story/edinburghinternationalfestival/1474|title=Edinburgh International Festival 2008 Looks To European Identity|publisher=EdinburghGuide.com|accessdate=2009-11-03}}</ref><ref>{{citeweb|url=http://wetlenses.blogspot.com/2008/08/new-europe-new-atheism.html|title=New Europe, New Atheism?|publisher=Wet Lenses|accessdate=2009-11-03}}</ref>

*On August 23, 2008, Lennox debated [[Michael Shermer]] at the Wesley Conference Centre in [[Sydney, Australia]] on the existence of God.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.publicchristianity.org/BookingRetrieve.aspx?ID=26865|title=The Great Debate: Does God Exist?|publisher=Centre for Public Christianity|accessdate=2009-11-03}}</ref><ref>{{citeweb|url=http://files.meetup.com/979735/Lennox_Events.pdf|title=Public Lectures, forums and debates with Dr. John Lennox|publisher=Centre for Public Christianity|accessdate=2009-11-03}}</ref>

*On October 21, 2008, Lennox debated [[Richard Dawkins]] for the second time at the [[Oxford University Museum of Natural History]], the site of the [[1860 Oxford evolution debate]] between [[Thomas Henry Huxley]] and [[Samuel Wilberforce]]. The debate was titled "Has Science Buried God?" and centred around that question.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://fixed-point.org/index.php/events/1-latest/5-has-science-buried-god|title=Has Science Buried God?|publisher=Fixed Point Foundation|accessdate=2009-11-03}}</ref><ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/2543431/is-richard-dawkins-still-evolving.thtml|title=Is Richard Dawkins Still Evolving?|author=Melanie Phillips|publisher=The Spectator|date=2008-10-23|accessdate=2009-11-03}}</ref><ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/oxford/content/articles/2008/10/15/lennox_dawkins.shtml|title='Has Science Buried God?'|publisher=BBC Oxford|date=2008-10-15|accessdate=2009-11-03}}</ref> [[The Spectator]] called the event "Huxley-Wilberforce, Round Two."<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/771841/huxleywilberforce-round-two.thtml|title=Huxley-Wilberforce, Round Two|author=Melanie Phillips|publisher=The Spectator|date=2008-06-12|accessdate=2009-11-03}}</ref> 11 minutes (video) of that debate can be [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxD-HPMpTto found here.]

*On March 3, 2009, Lennox debated [[Christopher Hitchens]] for the second time at [[Samford University]] in [[Birmingham, Alabama]] on the question "Is God Great?" The debate addressed the validity of some of Hitchens' claims in his best-selling book [[God is Not Great]]: How Religion Poisons Everything.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://fixed-point.org/index.php/events/1-latest/6-is-god-great|title=Is God Great?|publisher=Fixed Point Foundation|accessdate=2009-11-03}}</ref><ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.al.com/religion/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/living/1235812553191660.xml&coll=2|title=Christopher Hitchens argues against existence of God at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama|author=Greg Garrison|publisher=The Birmingham News|date=2009-02-28|accessdate=2009-11-03}}</ref><ref>{{citeweb|url=http://media.www.samfordcrimson.com/media/storage/paper1166/news/2009/03/04/News/Christian.And.Athiest.Face.Off.In.Debate-3658807.shtml|title=Christian and atheist face off in debate|author=Katherine Weaver|publisher=The Samford Crimson|date=2009-03-04|accessdate=2009-11-03}}</ref>

==Works==
===Mathematics===
* ''The Theory of Infinite Soluble Groups'', John C. Lennox, University of Oxford, and Derek J. S. Robinson, University of Illinois, 2004 | 458 pages | Clarendon Press, ISBN 0-19-850728-3 / ISBN 978-0-19-850728-4

* ''Subnormal subgroups of groups'', John C. Lennox and Stewart E. Stonehewer. Oxford : Clarendon, 1987. ISBN 019853552X / ISBN 9780198535522

==Personal life==

Lennox speaks English, Russian, French and German. He is married to Sally and has three children and four grandchildren.

He has a brother called Gilbert Lennox who is minister of Glennabbey Church, [[Glengormley]].

==External links==
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* [http://www.johnlennox.org John Lennox's official website]
* [http://www.thefeedtrust.org/ The Feed Trust] &ndash; this has some of his Scripture exposition resources
* [http://www.fixed-point.org/ Fixed Point Foundation] &ndash; features both debates and the Trinity College conversation with Richard Dawkins as well as both debates with Christopher Hitchens
* [http://richarddawkins.net/articleComments,3240,Interview-with-John-Lennox,Tim-Bearder-BBC-Radio-Oxford,page2 Interview with John Lennox by Tim Bearder, BBC Radio Oxford], 2008-10-16.
* [http://www.premierradio.org.uk/listen/ondemand.aspx?mediaid={CD6D82AC-9A89-41D7-8D9E-F6712260177F} Premier Christian Radio] Radio debate on "Are we alone in the Universe?"

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