Oracles of Science

Giberson, Karl; Artigas, Mariano

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195310726.001.0001

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“…The data presented in this article resonate strongly with the experience of those of us who have been working, in the terminology of Ecklund, as “boundary pioneers,” navigating the academic terrain of science and theology (Ecklund 2010, 46). A significant feature of this boundary has been a number of scientists who have become professional theologians (e.g., Polkinghorne 1995), on‐going professional scientists who have contributed to taking the nature of theology seriously (e.g., McLeish 2014) and celebrity scientists who have raised theological questions within public discourse (e.g., Giberson and Artigas 2007).…”

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Building Enthusiasm and Overcoming Fear: Engaging With Christian Leaders in an Age of Science

Reid¹,

Wilkinson²

2021

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In popular culture the relationship between science and religion has often been portrayed as one of conflict. The impact of the conflict thesis can be observed in church leaders' hesitancy in talking about science and religion in the public domain. It was this finding that led Revd Professor David Wilkinson (cosmologist and theologian) and Professor Tom McLeish (physicist and Anglican lay reader) to form the project 'Equipping Christian Leadership in an Age of Science' funded by The Templeton World Charity Foundation. The data presented in this article (collected during 2015-2018) is derived from two discreet pieces of research. The first consisting of a survey of over 1,000 church leaders and interviews with 20 senior church leaders and, the second, with a strategic focus on ministerial training comprised of 12 interviews with church educators. This paper reflects on the findings from both pieces of researchcovering topics such as church leaders' enthusiasm towards science, how church leaders view the relationship between science and religion and the role of compartmentalisation in ministerial training. The article is unique in providing sociological analysis on the relevant data and including a personal reflection by David Wilkinsonthe project's directoron the implications of the research for ministerial training and science.

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“…McLeish, 2014) and celebrity scientists who have raised theological questions within public discourse (e.g. Giberson and Artigas 2007).…”

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Building Enthusiasm and Overcoming Fear: Engaging With Christian Leaders in an Age of Science

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Wilkinson²

2021

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“…It operated in a universe governed by orderly laws and made of matter endowed with specific properties. These laws and properties are the constraints that shape the evolutionary roulette and restrict the numbers that can turn up [40]." His reference to laws and properties could be stated more generally in terms of affordances that determine what is biologically possible in the universe.…”

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Perspective chapter: Affordance-based Reverse Engineering of Natural Systems

Halsmer,

Baez

2023

Environmental Health Literacy Update - New Evidence, Methodologies and Perspectives

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Affordance-based Reverse Systems Engineering (ARSE) focuses on the key enabling relationships between elements of a complex system (part-to-part affordances), and the enabling relationships between the system and its end users (end-user affordances). A novel application of this methodology to natural systems assists in a deeper understanding of the issues surrounding biological evolution, and the critical role of those precursor systems upon which it depends for success. ARSE represents an objective approach to these important questions since affordances simply delineate what actions the elements of a complex system, including the end user, can potentially take. Life-related systems are characterized by dependent sequences of affordances that are both spatially and chronologically nested across a broad spectrum of scientific disciplines. A reverse engineering approach that attends to all these sequences contributes to a more philosophically satisfying retrodiction in applying abductive reasoning to both the human condition and the cosmos as a whole.

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“…Hawking is one of many scientists who form a new priesthood. 11 Michael Sadgrove pointed out: 'Priests fascinate and make people nervous. We carry hopes and longings, projections and transferences.'…”

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Pop science and pop theology: new ways of exploring an old dialogue

Wilkinson

2020

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While the contemporary media scene often reinforces the conflict model of science and religion, it also may offer new opportunities in moving present discussions of science and religion forward. Looking at news reporting, the new priesthood of scientific celebrities and the universal popularity of The Simpsons and Star Wars, this article argues that in the importance of the person, imagination and narrative, the scientist and the theologian can rediscover older and fruitful resources.

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Oracles of Science

Cited by 16 publications

References 69 publications

Building Enthusiasm and Overcoming Fear: Engaging With Christian Leaders in an Age of Science

Building Enthusiasm and Overcoming Fear: Engaging With Christian Leaders in an Age of Science

Perspective chapter: Affordance-based Reverse Engineering of Natural Systems

Pop science and pop theology: new ways of exploring an old dialogue

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