Class: Tuesday and Thursday, 9:30 - 10:50, Pettingill G52.
Course Description: This course considers scientific and
religious accounts of the origin of the universe, examines the
relations between these accounts, and explores the way they shape our
deepest attitudes toward the natural world. Topics of discussion include
the biblical creation stories, contemporary scientific cosmology, the
interplay between these scientific and religious ideas, and the roles they
can play in forming a response to environmental problems, such as those
associated with the development and use of energy.
General Education for students graduating prior to 2011: Due to the
nature of its content and the spirit of the general education
requirements, this course will serve as a third course for the natural
science requirement, but will not fulfill the quantitative requirement and may
not be used as part of a physics set.
Required Texts:
Caring for Creation Course Reading Packet (coursepack), Bates College. Science & Religion: From Conflict to Conversation, by John
F. Haught The Origin of the Universe , by John D. Barrow The Mind of God, by Paul Davies. The Body of God, by Sallie McFague .