Natsci & Multifaith Context

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Taught by GTU/PLTS. This seminar expands the conversation in Christian theology and the natural sciences to include multi-faith perspectives drawn from Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism. The focus will on two scientific topics, scientific cosmology and evolutionary biology. The writings of religious scholars will include those of Jonathan B. Edelmann and Sangeetha Menon (Hinduism); Geoffrey Cantor, Marc Swetlitz, Daniel C. Matt, and Norbert Samuelson (Judaism); Mehdi Golshani, Bruno Guiderdoni and Seyyed Hossein Nasr (Islam); Ian Barbour, John Polkinghorne, Ted Peters, and Robert John Russell (Christianity). We will draw on the writings of Francis J. Clooney regarding comparative theology as a catalyst for the inter-faith conversations, as well as on the biographical writings of international scientists of committed religious faith published through the CTNS program "Science and the Spiritual Quest." [Auditors with faculty permission}