RELG 340 - Science and Religion
Module 3
Module Learning Objectives and their relationships to Course Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this Module, you will be able to :
- Describe and discuss the possible relationships between Science and Religion. (CLO A)
- Describe and discuss some of the ethical and 'value questions' faced by scientists. (CLO E)
- Describe and discuss how two scientists, a Christian and a Baha'i, integrate their scientific and spiritual lives. (CLO F)
Readings
- Practicing Science, Living Faith : Foreword, Preface, Introduction, chapters 8, 10
- Notes for this Module
InterNet Links for this Module
- Biographies of people mentioned in the readings
- Links for this Module
- Other useful articles can be found by using Search Engines such as GoodSearch
- Remember - always cite your sources
Reading Report 3
- From the Foreword : Who wrote the foreword, and for what was he awarded the Nobel Prize
- What difference did Dr. Phillips notice between the ways Physicists and Biologists view their worlds. What similarity between scientists of all disciplines did he notice
- From the Preface : Who is W. Mark Richardson
- What is SSQ and what did it do
- From the Introduction : What four types of possible relationships between science and religion did Ian Barbour propose
- What sorts of confrontations do biologists and medical scientists have with some religious groups
- According to the textbook, what are the five dimensions encompassed by the scientific enterprise
- Choose one of the scientists mentioned on pages 6-7 and give a summary of his scientific achievements
- According to the textbook, what does the phenomenon of "religion" include
- According to the textbook, in what five areas do science and religion show parallels
- How can one distinguish between science and pseudo-science
- What "value questions" do modern scientists have to face
- What ethical questions might a modern scientist have to face
- From chapter 8 : What simile does Dr. Rudd use to describe her relationship with God
- How did Dr. Rudd deal with what at the time she saw as an "irrational" statement in the Apostles' Creed
- How does Dr. Rudd deal with parts of religion which do not at the time seem rational or relevant
- Why is religious community important to Dr. Rudd
- How does Dr. Rudd express her view of the relationship between God and the universe
- How does Dr. Rudd face the facts of suffering and death
- How does Dr. Rudd integrate the three callings of her life
- From chapter 10 : What is Dr. Tallal's view of the purpose of her life ("purpose for being here")
- How does Dr. Tallal integrate her spirituality and her scientific and business endeavors
For some of your answers you may have to go beyond the textbook
Remember to cite your sources
Use MSWord or a text editor such as Notepad to prepare and save your work, then submit it as one document.
Discussion Board 3
Thread - Whom would you most like to have as a mentor :
William D. Phillips, W. Mark Richardson, Ian Barbor, C. P. Snow, Albert Einstein, Neils Bohr, Alec Turing, Pauline Rudd, Paula Tallal ?
Choose the person with whom you would most like to work, write an account of his/her life, and say why you chose him/her rather than any of the others.
Replies to 2 of your classmates' threads - If possible, choose Threads which deal with different people.
What are your thoughts about the people chosen, and their influence on the dialog between Science and Religion?
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