It has surprised me that so many people who are convinced of the universal and objective nature of scientific knowledge work so diligently to find in the latest discoveries of the sciences an exclusive vindication of statements in the Vedas or in the Qur’an or of dogmas accepted by the Church Councils at some stage…
Traditionally most religions led us to believe that the universe is inherently meaningful, thus giving humans a sense of belonging to something of great importance. However, modern science seems to have made the classical hierarchical vision untenable.
The process metaphysics David Ray Griffin endorses supposes that the avenues for overcoming conflicts between science and religion are the adoption of a minimal naturalism by science and the adoption of a naturalistic theism by religion.
We must learn how to become cooperative problem solvers to avoid the ecological and social self-destruction toward which we human beings are rushing headlong in a confounding variety of ways.
On September 4, 2000 close to 70 experts will converge in New York City for a week-long conference entitled “Future Visions: Engaging the Scientific and Spiritual Imagination for the Well-Being of All,” held in conjunction with the State of the World Forum and the United Nations “Millennium 2000” summit meeting. Each participant brings expertise in…
Metaviews 054. 2000.06.02. Approximately 3113 words. Below is a recent talk by Giuseppe Tanzella-Nitti from the PontificalUniversity in Rome on The Book of Nature and the God of Scientists.Tanzella-Nitti discusses John Paul II’s Encyclical Fides et Ratio andits implications for science and religion. The talk was presented inVatican City at the Jubilee for Men and…
Acceptance speech upon receipt of the 2000 Templeton Prize.
I am always torn when it comes to criticism of my thinking. On the one hand, my inclination is to let it pass in silence. I have had my say, and now it is the turn of others. I am never quite sure that anyone gains if one spends time with charge and counter charge. …
On the Role of the Enlightenment in Science-Religion Dialogues 1. In most confrontations between science and religion, differing and/or opposing contentions on specific issues have related to the explanations of (i) natural phenomena; (ii) the origin of the world; (iii) the origin of the human family/species and its related cultural attributes (language, art, belief-systems, etc.)….
Arguing for a “balanced theory of contingent-necessity in evolution.”