What knowledge contained in what books of science, culture, and civilization would you most want to pass on to the surviving humans of a major planetary catastrophe? You get to choose one book, not the whole Library of Congress.
A review of Norbert M. Samuelson, Jewish Faith and Modern Science: On the Death and Rebirth of Jewish Philosophy (New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 2009.) Modern Jews are torn between the particularist teachings of their religious tradition and the universalist aspirations of science (or maybe they should be more so). Of course, other religious traditions…
A new project for “Science and Religion in Schools” must start from the position of existing curricula and the way in which issues on science and religion are now taught in the context of religious education and other subjects.
We hope the UK project will encourage others around the world to embark on their own project, inspired by ours.
Why is school science, especially chemistry and physics, so unpopular in wealthier countries, and what can we do about it?
It is clear that the Science and Religion unit will provide an interesting set of challenges for both those teaching it and those to whom it is taught.
South Africa is experiencing a multitude of problems caused by the coming together of the dominant global scientific secular culture and the traditional religious culture.
The aim is to facilitate students gaining a nuanced understanding of the origin and development of the world and life by examining scientific (physical, chemical, biological) explanations as well as religious points of view.
There is no shortage of books on science and religion but, perhaps surprisingly, there is a paucity of materials that are of high quality and can be used in schools. Until the Science and Religion in Schools Project, that is.
The aim of these two guides is: “to encourage the teaching in schools of issues concerning the debate between the claims of science and those of the major world religions.”