Professor John Lennox films documentary with Hollywood actor Kevin Sorbo
Emeritus Fellow Professor John Lennox has filmed a documentary about science and religion with Hollywood actor and director Kevin Sorbo.
The film, called Against the Tide: Finding God in an Age of Science, follows Professor Lennox and Sorbo as they take on a journey to discover how the Christian faith stands against atheism.
Some of the scenes were filmed at Green Templeton College and other Oxford landmarks including the iconic Eagle and Child pub on St Giles, just a stone’s throw from our main college campus.
Professor Lennox said: ‘Having been a Fellow of the College for more than 20 years it was a memorable privilege to be able to film part of Against the Tide in the outstanding aesthetic and intellectual environment of the College’s Radcliffe Observatory.’
Travelling from Oxford to Cambridge to Jerusalem, Professor Lennox and Sorbo engage in conversation about the intersection of science and Christianity. Along the way, Professor Lennox examines the consequences of an atheistic worldview, recounting his travels in Soviet Europe, and recalls his debates with prominent atheists such as Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchins.
The documentary, from Pensmore Films, is available now on DVD and BluRay.
In addition to being an Emeritus Fellow at Green Templeton, Professor Lennox is the college Pastoral Adviser. He is Professor of Mathematics (Emeritus) at the University of Oxford and an Associate Fellow of the Saïd Business School.
Professor Lennox has written a number of books on the interface between science, philosophy and theology including: Can Science Explain Everything? (2019); 2084: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity (2020); God and Stephen Hawking (10th anniversary ed 2021); Cosmic Chemistry: Do God and Science Mix? (2021).
Yesterday our alumni celebrated the 2026 Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong Kong alongside @st_annescollege alumni at the two societies’ first co-organised event.
The group gathered at a Michelin-starred restaurant to mark the joyful occasion, make new connections and enjoy exquisite traditional food together.
It is wonderful to see the two college alumni societies bringing the wider Oxford community together for what Nathaniel Chan (MBA, 2016), co-chair of the Green Templeton College Hong Kong Alumni Society, described as ‘a memorable occasion’.
Plans are already taking shape for a hike and karaoke event in November, following an ‘impressive impromptu a cappella performance by one alumnus’ at the lunch.
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Here’s some advice from our freshest crop of graduates to our incoming new students 🧑🎓👩🎓👨🎓
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🌌 Last weekend, Green Templeton welcomed Nobel Prize-winning astronomer Professor Brian Schmidt for the latest event in our Astronomy for All series.
Professor Schmidt took a packed audience on a journey through more than 13 billion years of cosmic history, from the Big Bang to the distant future of the Universe. He explored what we know about the cosmos, how we know it and some of the biggest mysteries that remain.
The lecture was chaired by Governing Body Fellow Rob Fender, Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Oxford, and continued our celebration of Green Templeton’s connections with Oxford Astrophysics.
Our Oceania Alumni Group is on a roll after successful events in Sydney, Brisbane and last night in Perth.
We`re very thankful to the group`s committee for their energy, commitment and hard work in bringing the community together. It’s wonderful to see connections being strengthened, engagement growing, and the alumni community going from strength to strength.
Exciting times ahead!
If you would like to join a local alumni group, let us know!
Our EMBA and MBA alumni joined us on Friday for our last outdoor afternoon tea of the year.
Alumni from across the globe reunited with old friends, made new connections, and shared their career journeys since Oxford.
Our host, Vice Principal Professor Jonathan Reynolds, welcomed the group and shared the latest developments at Green Templeton College. Most importantly, he reminded them that here, they will always belong.
We can`t wait to welcome more of our community this week for Meeting Minds. We still have a few spaces for alumni wanting to join our college-based events (link in the comments).
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