Evaluation is based on class participation, oral presentations, and a paper. Mr. D. Billings. Although mathematics may not have that effect on most people, the natural sciences often do. Warnings that studying science carried a risk to faith were discussed in the writings of some Christians early in the history of science-long before the emergence of old earth, evolutionary, and other theories some Christians have objected to. In this course, students try to uncover what underlies that intuition, and they try to discover whether it is only appearance or something more substantive.
Student evaluation is based on completion of reading, a research project, and a class presentation.
Mr. D. Ratzsch. In this course students look at the actual scientific practice of scientists who came to dramatic new insights about the world in which they claimed that a Biblical theistic worldview did point them in the right direction. By doing this, students explore whether ones religious worldview may sometimes properly play a role within the scientific process, by offering fruitful and relevant suggestions about what sort of laws and theories to investigate. Special attention is given to the work of Robert Boyle and Newton. The course also gives some attention to the Intelligent Design program that some Christians are seeking to implement in biology.