THINKING ABOUT FAITH AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY
We are working to put together another year of quality lectures, classes, panel discussions, and more for 2021-2022. Check the schedule section for more details on upcoming events and sign up to be a part of the email list to get regular updates.
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Please check back as we will be adding more events to the calendar throughout the semester.
October 29th, 2021. Christ Community Church, 7:00pm.
How do we understand the relationship between Christianity and science? Warfare? Partnership? Dr. Ted Davis suggests the Christian faith fill in the picture of the world coming from the sciences. Christianity, according to Dr. Davis, can help us achieve a deeper understanding of the world and how we should understand it. Biblical faith offers both a powerful motive for investigating nature and a foundation for the very possibility of scientific knowledge.
Dr. Ted Davis is the Professor of the History of Science at Messiah University. He received his B.S. Physics from Drexel University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in History & Philosophy of Science from Indiana University. He has studied and written extensively regarding the junction of faith and science, especially during the period of the Scientific Revolution, including biweekly columns for the BioLogos Forum.
Audio and video of past lectures is found in Past Lectures page of this site.
Rev. Kyle Meyaard-Schaap lectured on creation care from a Biblical perspective and looked at some of the scientific data regarding climate change. The lecture was followed by a panel with included Kyle, a pastor, a rabbi and a professor.
On Friday, October 29th, 2021 we hosted a great event. It was our first event in over eighteen months (thank you covid), but a fantastic restart to the activities of Trinity Fellowship. Dr. Ted Davis, Emeritus Professor of the History of Science, Messiah University, delivered an incredible, well-researched, provocative lecture, “Why Christianity is Good for …
Why Christianity is Good for Science With Dr. Ted Davis and a panel including IU’s Dr. Michael Hamburger and Dr. John Beggs
with Dr. Ted Davis The “warfare” narrative has lodged itself in our understanding of the relationship between faith and science. Galileo dragged before the Inquisition, the Scopes Trials, fights over school science curriculum – those are the stories that get traction, inside and outside the church. But, as Dr. Ted Davis argues, the “warfare” narrative …
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