From: Ted Davis (TDavis@messiah.edu)
Date: Thu Sep 25 2003 - 15:46:12 EDT
Next Thursday I am to speak at Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA) on
"concordism" or "progressive creationism." Details are below. If anyone on
the list plans to come, please let me know and I'll look for you!
ted
"Reading God's Two Books: The Harmony of Nature and Scripture in
Nineteenth-Century America"
Lecture at Dickinson College
Thursday, Oct 2, 2004, at 7:00 pm
Speaker: Edward B. Davis, Distinguished Professor of the History of
Science, Messiah College, Grantham, PA
Location: Denny Hall, room 317
West & High Streets, Carlisle, PA
ABSTRACT of lecture: American thinking about religion and science in the
first half of the nineteenth century was substantially informed by the
powerful metaphor of God as the "author"of two "books," nature and
scripture, which ultimately must agree. As evolution began to be accepted,
however, this "harmony" model proved difficult to maintain. It has been
rejected on the one hand by theistic evolutionists, who tend either to
separate theology from science or else to reshape theology along scientific
lines; and on the other hand by scientific creationists, who tend to reshape
science to conform to their interpretation of scripture. This lecture
outlines the history of the "harmony" model and offers suggestions about
how contemporary Christian thinkers might constructively engage modern
science.
For further information, contact: Dr. John Bombaro, Director, The John
Newton International Center for Christian Studies, Carlisle, PA.
717-243-2069.
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