The BioLogos Forum: Ted Davis
Ted Davis is Senior Fellow for the History of Science for the BioLogos Foundation and Professor of the History of Science at Messiah College. At Messiah, Davis teaches courses on historical and contemporary aspects of Christianity and science and directs the Central Pennsylvania Forum for Religion and Science.
Series by Davis
Christianity and Science in Historical Perspective (3 Parts)
In this series, Ted Davis reflects on the interaction of science and Christianity during the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, a time when foundations for modern science were quickly developing. He dismisses the idea that the influential areas of theology and science hold opposing views about the world and also explains how the Church enthusiastically supported and encouraged the growth of the various scientific disciplines, especially during the pre-Copernican time. He goes on to elaborate on the Copernican and Galileo controversies as well as highlight the faith of well-known scientists such as Kepler, Boyle, and Polkinghorne. Top-List Survey with Ted Davis (2 Parts)
This short series by Ted Davis responds to two questions. They seek to know which books have persuaded his thoughts in the science, philosophy and religion interface. In the first blog, the American Scientific Affiliation as well as several books, especially The Post- Darwinian Controversies, are identified as significant to his ideas and career choice early on. The second blog offers a short summary of works and authors that currently influence his work. Science and the Bible: Five Approaches (5 Parts)
This ongoing series written by historian Ted Davis begins with a brief synopsis of his personal background, and then goes on to reveal his passion for debunking “the now-common view that the history of science and Christianity is one of ongoing, inevitable conflict.” His goal is to focus on the five different approaches to the origin of creation: Scientific Creationism (YEC), Concordism (OEC), The Framework, Theistic evolution (TE), and Intelligent Design (ID). For each view, he will present its basic assumptions, draws his own logical conclusions, and finish with relevant historical commentary. Posts by Davis
An Obituary for the “Warfare” View of Science and Religion
August 28, 2009
As an historian of science, I belong to a small, somewhat esoteric club. Although there are dozens of colleges and universities within 75 miles of my own, there are no more than half a dozen faculty with similar expertise at all of those institutions combined. If we focus more narrowly on my particular specialty - the history of science and Christianity - then I am probably alone in Central and Eastern Pennsylvania.
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