The goal of this faculty-led seminar is to provide selected undergraduate students with the background knowledge and conceptual tools necessary to think clearly about the content, limits, and relation of modern science and faith.
Seminar Professors:
Chris Baglow is the Director of the Science and Religion Initiative of the McGrath Institute for Church Life of the University of Notre Dame, where he also serves as a Professor of the Practice in the Department of Theology.
Stephen Barr is Professor Emeritus of Particle Physics at the University of Delaware. He is the founding president of the Society of Catholic Scientists, which now has over 1750 members in 55 countries.
This summer seminar is cosponsored with the Lumen Christi Institute and made possible through the support of grant #62372 from the John Templeton Foundation, “In Lumine: Promoting the Catholic Intellectual Tradition on Campuses Nationwide."
Schedule
Sunday, August 7, 2022: Arrival and Orientation
Monday, August 8, 2022:
Lecture: “Science & Faith: How and Why?” (Baglow)
Seminar Discussion: The Relational Unity between Science and Faith
Lecture: “Science & Faith: Clash or Harmony?” (Barr)
Lecture: “Science & Faith: Correcting the Conflict Model” (Baglow)
Seminar Discussion: Reception of Evolutionary Theory in the Catholic Church
Tuesday, August 9, 2022:
Lecture: “The Beginning and Creation of the Universe” (Barr)
Seminar Discussion: Modern Science and Sacred Scripture
Lecture: “Cosmic Order and Design” (Barr)
Seminar Discussion: Modern Science and Sacred Scripture
Wednesday, August 10, 2022:
Lecture: The Principle of Double Agency: Christian Doctrine of Creation (Baglow)
Seminar Discussion: Christian Doctrine of Creation
Thursday, August 11, 2022:
Lecture: “Evolution and Anthropic Coincidences” (Barr)
Lecture: “Physics and the Human Mind” (Barr)
Movie and Discussion: The Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Lecture: “Evolution and the Human Soul” (Baglow)
Friday, August 12, 2022:
Lecture: “Sin and Science: The Tragic History of the Image of God” (Baglow)
Seminar Discussion: Adam, Eve and Evolution
Lecture: “Christ, the True Origin of Humanity” (Baglow)
Seminar Discussion: The Resurrection and Modern Science