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ONLINE: Why Christianity is Good for Science

10November
Date and Time:November 10, 2020 — 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM undefined
Location:Online
Organizer:Graduate Theological Union
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10November

BioLogos Voices speaker Ted Davis will present “Why Christianity is Good for Science” on Tuesday, November 10, 2020. This is an online virtual event hosted by Graduate Theological Union.

“A vocal group of contemporary scientists and others known as the “New Atheists” pit reason versus religion, fact versus faith, and science versus Christianity. This talk responds directly to that attitude.  Drawing on information and insights from the history and philosophy of science, Dr. Davis will argue that Christian faith actually complements the picture of the world coming from the sciences, helping us to achieve a deeper understanding of both the way the world is and how we should go about understanding it, while providing a powerful motive for investigating nature. The Christian doctrine of creation help us to understand more of reality than science alone can study—including the very possibility of science itself as a form of knowledge about nature.”


Featured speaker

Ted Davis

Ted Davis

Edward B. (“Ted”) Davis is Professor Emeritus of the History of Science at Messiah University and a Fellow of the International Society for Science & Religion. An expert on Robert Boyle and the Scientific Revolution, he also writes about Christianity and science in America since 1800, including the history of creationism and a study of modern Jonah stories featured on two BBC radio programs. Ted was an advisor for recent exhibits about science and religion at the National Museum of American History and the Museum of the Bible His latest book, Protestant Modernist Pamphlets: Science and Religion in the Scopes Era (2024), reprints ten rare pamphlets on “Science and Religion” from 1922 to 1931, with three chapters about the Protestant modernist encounter with science. The author can provide a coupon for a 30% discount upon request: tdavis@messiah.edu.