Next week at University of Minnesota, historian of science and former ASA president Ted Davis will join a forum discussion on faith and science and give a lecture on Galileo and Eden. Read more…
6/22: From COSMOS to PSYCHE early bird reg. extended!
Update: Deadline for the early-bird registration for From COSMOS to PSYCHE extended from June 15 to June 22. (Note: on-line registration available through July 25). From COSMOS to PSYCHE Joint annual meeting of the American Scientific Affiliation, the Canadian Scientific andRead more…
Lent brings me back to reflections on loss, grief, suffering
Last week I began the 2012 series with Entering Lent: “I Want” in Higher Education. As you may remember, Kent Annan’s “After Shock” saturated my 2011 Lenten reflection. With Kent’s recent visit to South Central PA and the deep chord which “I Want” struck not only with me, but also a number of the students with whom I watched it, I wondered if my 2012 reflections would largely draw from his earlier book “Following Jesus Through the Eye of the Needle” (InterVarsity Press, 2009). Although this may still occur, on Friday I began reading a new book.Read more…
American Scientific Affiliation Posts 2010 Annual Meeting Audios
The American Scientific Affiliation (ASA) has just begun to post audio podcasts of the talks from their 65th Annual Meeting: Science, Faith, and Public Policy (Catholic University in America, Washington, D.C.). I’d encourage you to check out their library. ThreeRead more…
History of Science Recommendations from Ted Davis
Last week, Edward B. (“Ted”) Davis, Distinguished Professor of the History of Science at Messiah College (Grantham, PA) and outgoing president of the American Scientific Affiliation (ASA), shared with us how he became interested in History of Science and someRead more…
Interview: Ted Davis, the Story of a Historian of Science
In preparation for next week’s 65th Annual Meeting of the American Scientific Affiliation,* I interviewed the outgoing ASA President, Edward B. (“Ted”) Davis. As you may remember from an earlier post, Ted serves as the Distinguished Professor of the HistoryRead more…
Wrestling with Science, Faith, & Public Policy in D.C.
The 65th Annual Meeting of the American Scientific Affiliation: Science, Faith, & Public Policy is just over a month away (July 30 – August 2, Washington D.C.) and I hope that Emerging Scholars in the sciences will give participation seriousRead more…