1. When Science Meets Religion
Introductory Reflections based on the work of Ian Barbour

2. Barbour’s Typologies
Conflict
Independence
Dialog
Integration

3. Conflict Biblical literalism Scientific materialism Fundamentalism
Young Earth creationists
The Genesis Flood (Whitcomb and Morris )
Scientific Creationism (Morris )
Scientific materialism
New Athieits
The End of Faith (Harris )
The God Delusion (Dawkins – 2006)
God: The Failed Hypothesis (Stenger )
God is Not Great (Hitchens – 2007)
Fundamentalism

4. Independence Separate Domains Differing Languages and Functions
Primary vs. secondary causality
“Non-overlaping magisteria (NOMA)” - Gould
Differing Languages and Functions
Science = prediction and control, analysis
Religion = way of living
Complimentarity

5. Dialog Pre-suppositions and Limit Questions
Judeo-Christian Origins of Modern Science
“Ad maiorem Dei gloriam” AMDG
Boundary questions
What can we do? vs. What should we do?
Methodological and Conceptual Paralells
Role of analagies, metaphors, and models
Paradigms (Kuhn )
Ignatian pedagogy and the scientific method

6. Integration Natural Theology Theology of Nature Systematic synthesis
Teleological argument (first cause) – Aquinas
Argument from design
Anthropic principle
Theology of Nature
Reformulation of religious traditions
Top-down causality
Inter-relatedness of all things
Stewardship, sacramental views
Systematic synthesis
Process theology (Albert North Whitehead)

7. When Science Meets Religion
Where Do You Place Yourself in the Barbour Typologies?

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