SCIENCE AND RELIGION GALILEO BEFORE THE PAPAL INQUISITION

SCIENCE AND RELIGION THE NEW WORLDVIEW  New scientific views challenged old religious ones  Entire perception of universe changed  Gap between religion & science was now a chasm

SCIENCE AND RELIGION CHALLENGES TO CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE  Copernicus & the heliocentric view  But Copernicus’ views directly contradicted Bible  Church prohibits his work in 1616  At first, little threat posed to Catholicism

SCIENCE AND RELIGION SCIENCE V. RELIGION  Galileo forces the issue  Given some leeway by Pope Urban VIII  Writes Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems  Condemned by Church in 1633

SCIENCE AND RELIGION NEW IDEAS  DEISM  Newton’s ideas had philosophical implications Inertia Universe = giant clock, machine with understandable parts

SCIENCE AND RELIGION SCIENCE V. RELIGION  New scientific view caused great anguish for some  BLAISE PASCAL ( ) science made man insignificant rejected Deism tried to reconcile science & faith

SCIENCE AND RELIGION SCIENCE V. RELIGION  Others embraced new potential of mankind  Saw great possibilities  Lost old feeling of dependency on God  World was understandable & manageable

SCIENCE AND RELIGION NEW IDEAS  Revolutionary Thought  BARUCH SPINOZA ( ) PANTHEISM: God = part of everything, expressed in nature Bible = allegorical not literal