The readings from God, Humanity and Cosmos and Religion and Science provide an overview of theoretical approaches which will be explored in class lecture. Students will be asked to assess the strengths and weaknesses of Murphy and Ellis' specific proposal. Models of scientific and religious interpretation of reality. God, Humanity and Cosmos , pp. First mid-term examination distributed.
Students have one week to complete it.
The role of science in theological method. Religion and Science , pp. 84-167 Week 5. An attempt at a joint theological and scientific description of the universe. Murphy and Ellis, On the Moral Nature of the Universe , pp.