A Theology of Science

Talk by Prof. Tom McLeish
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#FaradayInstitute Summer Course 2020: Telling A Better Story - Why Faith and Science Belong Together
Monday 29th June A better story about the nature of reality
10.00 am Science and religion - two disciplines, one reality - Prof. René van Woudenberg
2.00 pm How do we know what we know in science and religion? - Prof. Roger Trigg
8.00 pm A theology of science - Prof. Tom McLeish
Live-streaming 29th June 2020 8:00pm BST
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Abstract
We explore what a ‘Theology of Science’ might mean in terms of the ‘better story’ of a gift from God,
and how this helps to reframe the relationship between God, Humans and Nature in terms of
purposed work within the Kingdom. Rather than assume a ‘conflict narrative’ at the outset, we follow
the tradition of science historically, through examples in Patristics and Early Modern Natural
Philosophy, to its origins in ancient Wisdom Tradition, including Biblical texts in Proverbs, Psalms, and especially Job. An essentially relational role for the re-creative work between humans and nature is sharpened by Paul’s invocation of kosmos and creation in the Letters to the Romans and Corinthians.
Seven aspects of a theology of science emerge: its long human story, human aptitude, dual structure,
the experience of ambiguity and pain, the tension of order and chaos, the centrality of questions and
the role and work of love. A relational, soteriological and participative understanding of science within a Christian worldview urges a Church that welcomes science as gift, rather than fearing it as threat, and becomes active in the support of a healthy public conversation about the urgent scientific and technological challenges of our time.
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Thanks for these highly educative discussions