Faith in Gods World Term 2: Faith in a Scientific World

Course answers these questions and more…

¨ faith and science: side by side or worlds apart?
¨ did Darwin challenge faith?
¨ a Christian response to Dawkins
¨ what difference does the Hadron Collider make?

Extract from Session 1 by Ghillean T Prance FRS, VMH

I have had an interesting and exciting career both as scientist exploring the Amazon rainforest and as a Christian who feels that in my work I am helping to learn more about God’s creation.
It all began with a childhood love of the natural history around me in the Isle of Skye and later in the Cotswolds. Growing up in such wonderful places I could hardly have avoided having a lifelong passion for natural history. What a privilege it has been to study God’s creation in such detail as I have looked at some of the intricacies of the Amazon flora over the last fifty years. But I also see how to study the wonders of creation revealed in the scriptures.

When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars that you have established;
What are human beings that you are mindful of them,
mortals that you care for them? Psalm 8: 3-4

Session titles

1 The Glory of God’s Creation - An Introduction to Term 2 Sir Ghillean T Prance
Preparation for session 2 Dr Philip Jones
2 The Scientific Method Dr Philip Jones
3 The Night Sky Dr Philip Jones
4 Physical Science in the 21st Century Dr Philip Jones
5 The Laws of Nature and the Belief in Revelation Dr Steve Loxton
6 The Philosophical Debate surrounding Faith and Proof
Dr Steve Loxton
7 Genesis 1-3 : the Biblical stories of Creation Revd Dr Stella Wood
8 The Challenge of Charles Darwin Revd Dr Stella Wood
9 Understanding the challenge - the Challenge of Dawkins & Natural/Biological Science Revd Dr Justin Tomkins
10 Science in Practice – Modern Medicine and Nanotechnology Revd Dr Justin Tomkins