Description
The relationship between science and religion is one of the foremost intellectual debates of our day. It is impossible not to hold an opinion on it. And yet the churches?and mainstream theology?have tended to react to science from a distance in apologetic mode, rather than engaging with it comprehensively and intimately. One of the issues here is the intimidating degree of technicality that a non-specialist must overcome in order to grasp the challenges of modern science. This week will provide a series of in-depth seminars spread over five days that will focus on grappling with science at this conceptual level. At every turn, the scientific challenges to theology and Christian belief (and the challenges to science in their turn) will be carefully explored. Apologetic agendas will be developed, but some of the most difficult outstanding problems will also be aired openly. The aim is to give students the conceptual tools they need to develop these issues with congregations in the contex