There is some promise. See the story in today’s Inside Higher Ed. Scientists Get Religion June 17, 2010 WASHINGTON – Jennifer Wiseman is an astrophysicist and a Christian. Both of those elements will come into play in her new role with the American Association for the Advancement of Science, where she aims to civilize the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Religion’
Non-overlapping magisteria
It is a reference to Stephen Jay Gould’s excellent article (which you should read if you haven’t, for no other reason than that Dawkins hates it) but it was this cartoon1 that brought it to mind. That and I happened to have a meeting this morning on a lecture series that is supposed to be [...]
Greatest childhood religious fear
I remember learning about the saints and the various grisly means of their demise, including modern saints who died for their faith, and praying that God would give me that kind of strength because I was sure I would never be able to endure such trials. What was your greatest fear, inspired by religion, your [...]
A JW Vampire?
This cartoon is an image from an ad for a comic (in fact, one that I don’t really read). I have seen the ad numerous times and always thought it was amusing. Which do you think would be harder? For those who cannot see the image the dialogue is simply: “It must be hard to [...]
Atheology
Such a thing does exist, as many of you know, but the discussion in my previous post makes me wonder about those who claim to do theology without affirming the faith of the tradition that they study. Why bother? Please don’t get me wrong, I firmly believe that one can, as I do, be a [...]
