Learning Outcomes
By courses completion the student will be able to:
- analyze the basic axes of the relations between Orthodox Theology and modern science
- deepen to the religious dimensions of certain aspects of scientific proposals
- distinguish the reasons why the Church and science conflicted in the past, but also the prospects for dialogue between them
- evaluate the different systems of Church-Science Relations in Greece and abroad
- approach the concept of religion and science dialogue
- distinguish in general the role of religion in scientific development
- analyze the main causes of ecclesiastical or religious tensions with science
Course Content (Syllabus)
The course examines the relationships of scientific thought with theology and the religious dimensions of certain aspects of the scientific proposals (Intelligent Design, Bioethics, etc.). The relatively recent interest in the aspects of the Orthodox Christian tradition regarding the scientific view of the world, as well as the new foundations of the dialogue of theology and science, from philosophical, ethical and historical point of view, are also highlighted. Furthermore, relations of the two "paths of knowledge", their heterogeneity and their convergences are studied, and the "religious" role of modern science and its interactions with theology are examined. The prospects opened up in the field of ethics of technological applications are also explored. Finally, the ways in which various religious traditions approach the scientific development and dynamics of Orthodox Theology's proposals in this dialogue are presented.
Keywords
religion and science, dialogue between theology and science, tradition, science
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
1. Peter Harrison, Η Πτώση και η ανάδυση της Επιστήμης, μετάφρ. Κ. Τάκης, Ροπή, Θεσσαλονίκη 2016
2. Πέτρος Παναγιωτόπουλος, Τομές και Ασυμβατότητες. Φυσικές Επιστήμες και Θεολογία, Ροπή, Θεσσαλονίκη 2019
Additional bibliography for study
1. Αργύρη Νικολαϊδη (επιμ.), Ο Κόσμος στην Επιστήμη και τη Θρησκεία. Διάλογος ανάμεσα στη σύγχρονη Επιστήμη και την Ορθόδοξη Παράδοση, Αφοι Κυριακίδη, Θεσσαλονίκη 2018
2. Edward Grant, Tα θεμέλια της σύγχρονης επιστήμης στο Μεσαίωνα. Το θρησκευτικό, θεσμικό και πνευματικό τους πλαίσιο, μετάφρ. Σ. Παπαδάκη, Ροπή, Θεσσαλονίκη 2017