Greenflame
Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture, photography and faith from the Aotearoa New Zealand
Category: Science, Technology & Religion
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The latest issue of Metanexus’ Global Spiral web publication looks interesting. Articles have been drawn from the annual Metanexus conference on this month including: “The Making of a New Biophilia: Evolutionary Governance and the Modern Creation Myth” by Walter Truett Anderson ““A Mirror up to Nature”: Cosmos, Nature, and Culture in Shakespeare” by Kenneth W.…
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I like historian Ronald Numbers’ material on the history of science and religion interaction – including the article with NZ historian John Stenhouse entitled ‘Antievolutionism in the Antipodes: From Protesting Evolution to Promoting Creationism in New Zealand’. This latest book by Numbers looks like it will have some interesting pieces in it too. See Harvard…
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Science & Religion Today: Is This the End Time? has some snippets from different people on eschatological hope from the “Closer to Truth” video episodes “Is This the End Time?“. Will file it away for the next time I teach on different theological perspectives on the future.
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The Theological Meaning of Evolution 7pm Thursday 25 June – 5pm Saturday 27 June Laidlaw College Auckland Campus 80 Central Park Drive Henderson, Waitakere A conference to celebrate and interact with Darwinism, on the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of On the Origin of Species. What impact has evolution had on…
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Two new web sites related to Science and Religion hit the net recently. The first is The BioLogos Foundation, set up by Francis Collins, aims to bring science and religion into harmony. The second is the International Society for Science and Religion, which has updated its web site to a new site with all sorts…
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Science & Religion Today: Do Kids Have Different Virtual Morals? Science & Religion Today: Is Neuroscience the Next Culture War Front? Youth Survey: Teens lose faith in droves – Canada – Macleans.ca Slashing through the Information Jungle: The Cyborg story
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Religion and Science: Pathways to Truth is a DVD series that focuses upon the relationships between science and religion in various areas (e.g. genetics, evolution, anthropology). Looks like it might be an interesting resource. A little pricey though.
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A copy of Heidi Campbell and Heather Looy‘s new book A Science and Religion Primer arrived in the mail this week. Looks good, and I’m hoping my students will make use of the copies our libraries have picked up.
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A brief op-ed piece by me appeared in the NZ Herald yesterday. The formatting changed a little, and the odd word or two got cut, but on the whole it’s out there to start discussion. See Spreading the word in cyberspace. (BTW – I didn’t pick the title)
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Ebru TV have a couple of interesting episodes online as part of their Matter and Beyond series. See Ebru.TV :: Science and Religion Ebru.TV :: Exploring Transhumanism Hat tip to: http://www.sentientdevelopments.com/2009/02/matter-and-beyond-explores.html