The document discusses the relationship between science and religion, noting that the systematic study of their relationship began in the 1960s when scholars questioned whether they were in conflict or indifferent. It provides background on the origins and development of science and religion, highlighting their different domains - science concerns natural explanations while religion encompasses both natural and supernatural aspects. The document also mentions that while some church leaders have accepted evolutionary theory, they reject it for the human soul, and that Stephen J. Gould proposed they do not overlap in their magisteria or domains of authority.
The document discusses the relationship between science and religion, noting that the systematic study of their relationship began in the 1960s when scholars questioned whether they were in conflict or indifferent. It provides background on the origins and development of science and religion, highlighting their different domains - science concerns natural explanations while religion encompasses both natural and supernatural aspects. The document also mentions that while some church leaders have accepted evolutionary theory, they reject it for the human soul, and that Stephen J. Gould proposed they do not overlap in their magisteria or domains of authority.
The document discusses the relationship between science and religion, noting that the systematic study of their relationship began in the 1960s when scholars questioned whether they were in conflict or indifferent. It provides background on the origins and development of science and religion, highlighting their different domains - science concerns natural explanations while religion encompasses both natural and supernatural aspects. The document also mentions that while some church leaders have accepted evolutionary theory, they reject it for the human soul, and that Stephen J. Gould proposed they do not overlap in their magisteria or domains of authority.
● Most of the authors of S/R are theologians, Philosophers and
scientists with long-standing interests in religion. The
systematic study of these 2 things started in the 1960s, were people like Ian Barbour started questioning if they were at war or either indifferent to each other. The most prominent problem between them is the Evolutionary Theory.
● S may have started in the Near East, developed among the
Greeks and ended up as part of the Western civilization.
● Indigenaus knowledge is based in their culture and in the
way they perceive things around them. It is important because it helps us conserve nature, land management, agriculture management, etc.
● Science: Concerns the natural world and its explanations
don't appeal to supernatural entities or natural forces. Has analytic reasoning.
● Religion: Concerns both the natural and supernatural world.
Has an intuitive style of thinking.
● Some church leaders gave a public apology to Darwin and
affirmed evolutionary theory in a message to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, but rejected it for the human soul.
● Stephen J Gould developed the NOMA principle (Non
Overlapping Magisteria). NOMA. This model stands that the lack of conflict between SR arises from a lack of overlap between their respective domains of professional expertise