Science and Religion-Summer 2013

02/27/2013

Officially up on the University Writing Program's Website:

http://www.gwu.edu/~uwp/new/summer13.html

Since the Enlightenment science and religion have often been seen at odds with one another, especially in the West. This course will analyze and question the basic premises of this dichotomy, delving into the relationship between faith and reason and its origins as well as how this relationship has…

02/25/2013

A very cool exhibit currently up at the Hirshhorn Museum: Barbara Kruger's Belief+Doubt.

http://www.hirshhorn.si.edu/collection/home/ =barbara-kruger

02/23/2013

http://www.upworthy.com/some-strange-things-are-happening-to-astronauts-returning-to-earth?g=2

Here's what most astronauts will never tell you.

02/13/2013

Course Description:

Since the Enlightenment science and religion have often been seen at odds with one another, especially in the West. This course will analyze and question the basic premises of this dichotomy, delving into the relationship between faith and reason and its origins as well as how this relationship has been understood and treated historically. By analyzing the basic premises of religion and science as well as particular scientific ideas ranging from evolution and the big bang theory to artificial intelligence and the multiverse, this course will investigate the responses of various religions to scientific topics as well as engage critics within the perceived debate between science and religion.

In addition to these topics and ideas, this course will serve as a introduction to the method and style in which scholars of religion research and write. The study of religion is an interdisciplinary field engaging the disciplines of sociology, anthropology, history, philosophy, and theology. Therefore, this course will engage methods of interdisciplinary research as well as discuss methods for writing and researching within these various fields that comprise the study of religion.

02/13/2013

About the Professor:

http://gwu.academia.edu/ShannonBerry

Right now I am finishing (that is a relative word) my Ph.D. in Christian theology at the Catholic University of America. My research is mainly in theology and the arts and science and theology, particularly ecology. Hopefully, these will intersect in

02/13/2013

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/max-tegmark/religion-and-science-distance-between-not-as-far-as-you-think_b_2664657.html

Is there a conflict between science and religion? The religious organizations representing most Americans clearly don't think so. Interestingly, the science organizations representing most American scientists don't think so either.