It is not equal to the task of understanding why the environment in general and climate in particular have become encompassing frameworks for understanding the world and things within it such as poverty, war, inequality, and decline in the «general sense of wellbeing», and as such is not equal to the task of understanding what impedes transparent
dialogue between science and policymaking.
The dialogue between science and policy is never straight - forward
«Evaporation» is the second in the annual Cape Farewell «Lovelock Art Commission» - inspired by the findings, writings and interventions of the famous scientist James Lovelock, as we continue to commission artists who pioneer the vital
dialogue between science, art and the climate challenge.
He understands the importance of
dialogue between science and the visual arts.
The new Leshner Leadership Institute and fellowship program convenes mid-career scientists who combine demonstrated leadership and excellence in their research careers with interest in promoting meaningful
dialogue between science and society.
One extremely powerful tool to achieve this is the journal's web - based discussion forum that will establish a direct
dialogue between science teachers and researchers across national and subject boundaries.
In his scant free time, Hawking is writing a series of children's science books with his adult daughter, Lucy, promoting
dialogue between science and religion, and calling attention to the greatest threats to human survival.
The AAAS Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science recognizes early career scientists and engineers who demonstrate excellence not only in their research careers but also in promoting meaningful
dialogue between science and society.
With interest in science diplomacy growing worldwide, AAAS has debuted an online, quarterly publication intended to build
dialogue between the science and foreign policy communities and to encourage the intellectual development of such diplomacy in a variety of forms.
They have demonstrated leadership and excellence in their research careers and an interest in promoting meaningful
dialogue between science and society.
In 1995, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) established a Program of
Dialogue Between Science and Religion (renamed in 1999 as the Program of Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion) in order to improve communication and understanding between the two fields.
The institute's mission is to promote
dialogue between science and society by training 15 mid-career scientists per year to develop public - engagement activities in their home communities.
That dialogue between science and ballet can produce concrete results.
The scientists were chosen for having demonstrated leadership and excellence in their research careers and an interest in promoting meaningful
dialogue between science and society.
«It is with this community that the greatest improvements and impacts could occur in the science / religion dialogue... The desired results are that there would be greater awareness among the general public of the potential for
dialogue between science and evangelical Christianity, to create lasting relationships, to equip communities to discuss these issues, and to make a notable difference in the target communities,» she said.
This new fellowship program convenes mid-career scientists who demonstrate leadership and excellence in their research careers, and interest in promoting meaningful
dialogue between science and society, in order to build their capacity for public engagement leadership.
Dr. Teich is responsible for the Association's activities in science and technologypolicy (including the AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Program, the Congressional Science and Engineering Fellows Program, and a new Research Competitiveness Program) as well as programs in science ethics and law, human rights, a Program of
Dialogue between Science and Religion, and a Center for Science, Technology, and Congress.
The Directorate for Science and Policy Programs, one of three program directorates, furthers AAAS's objectives in six program areas where the interests of science, government, and society intersect: Science, Technology and Government; the Center for Science, Technology, and Congress; Research Competitiveness; Science and Human Rights;
the Dialogue between Science and Religion; and Scientific Freedom, Responsibility, and Law.
The Directorate for Science and Policy Programs, one of three program directorates, furthers AAAS's objectives in five program areas where the interests of science, government, and society intersect: Science, Technology, and Government; the Center for Science, Technology, and Congress; Science and Human Rights;
the Dialogue between Science and Religion; and Scientific Freedom, Responsibility, and Law.
Dr. Teich is responsible for the Association's activities in science and technology policy (including the AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Program, the Congressional Science and Engineering Fellows Program, and a new Research Competitiveness Program) as well as programs in science and ethics, law, religion, and human rights, a Program of
Dialogue between Science and Religion, and a Center for Science, Technology, and Congress.
The commitment of the Pontifical Council for Culture to a fruitful
dialogue between science and faith is therefore especially important.
Placher stands between these two extremes in a middle ground which allows for genuine
dialogue between science and religion and among different religious traditions.
His is «a Christian voice in a pluralistic conversation,» and he uses it to discuss not only theological method but the possibilities for
dialogue between science and religion and among various religions.
In an address given to the Pontifical Council for Culture last March, Pope Benedict said «that... a fruitful
dialogue between science and faith is... especially important.
The dialogue between science and religion in the past has resulted in no more than a truce on the battlefields.
Haught takes a middle path in
the dialogue between science and religion.
Their other new venture is the Science — Faith Archive, which gathers together a number of on - line resources — books, papers and magisterial discourses — on the theme of the debate and
dialogue between science and faith.
The aim of the meeting was to have a constructive
dialogue between science and religion, to which Weinberg says: «I am all in favor of a
dialogue between science and religion, but not a constructive dialogue.
«The excessive segmentation of knowledge, the rejection of metaphysics by the human sciences, the difficulties encountered by
dialogue between science and theology are damaging not only to the development of knowledge, but also to the development of peoples, because these things make it harder to see the integral good of man in its various dimensions.
Not exact matches
The pope envisions a new partnership
between science and religion, each with a «distinctive approach to understanding reality» yet «can enter into an intense
dialogue fruitful for both.»
The current
dialogue between religion and
science seems to be dominated by the intelligent design (ID) controversy.
... renewed creative
dialogue between faith and reasonin the academic and artistic communities... especially at Catholic universities, in order to demonstrate that «there can not be any conflict
between faith and genuine
science» 9.
Some of the insights provided by the first phase of liberation theology seem too important to let slip
between the cracks — for instance, the centrality of the category «the poor» for biblical interpretation; the awareness of structural, not just individual, evil; the use of the social
sciences as
dialogue partner for theological discourse; and the need to apply a hermeneutic of suspicion to theology itself.
James Ashbrook and Carol Rausch Albright seek to break new ground in the
dialogue between religion and
science.
It seems an appropriate occasion, then, to try to revive an honest theological
dialogue between Christian
Science and mainstream Christianity.
Theologians and scientists who do not wish to go this far have proposed two other models: a «separation» model of mutual respect
between science and religion and a «
dialogue and engagement» approach that says comparing the two fields is valid.
Increasingly the goals of religious education are being formulated as a result of the
dialogue between the behavioral
sciences and the biblical - theological disciplines.
The foundation will exist as an entity in its own right within Church law, and Fr Trafny explains: «This is an important step, because we are moving from being a simple project to merge learning
between the pontifical universities in Rome to being a new entity recognised by the Holy Father as a reference point for all
dialogue involving
science and faith.»
Cardinal Dulles relays to us that in it, he suggested an approach of
dialogue and interaction
between theology and
science so that neither discipline would try to displace or ignore the other.
«What Cini regards as dangerous is the fact that the Pope may try to open a
dialogue between faith and reason, to re-establish a connection
between the Judeo - Christian and the Greek tradition, and that
science and faith may not be separated by an impenetrable wall».
The results echo faintly the stances taken by Puritans, Pietists and Wesleyans, who, in their own ways, were also in controversy with feudal societies and mystical speculations, and were simultaneously open to the
dialogue between religion and
science in an attempt to shape a new future.
He added: «His speech was a clarion call for
dialogue between religions and faith on the one hand and reason and
science on the other.
There is more at stake in the religion -
science dialogue, and in books like this one, than
dialogue within individuals and
between disciplines.
By placing the
dialogue between religion and
science within a framework that strongly engages many of the most important currents of contemporary theology, Haught accomplishes what few others have.
Is there a genuine
dialogue between religion and
science or does it exist only within the minds of certain individuals?
The Faith of a Physicist by Cambridge physicist and Anglican priest John Polkinghorne is a compendium of conclusions drawn from decades of
dialogue between natural
science and Christian theology.
It can only be hoped that this sort of
dialogue between faiths (don't kid yourself,
science has undeniable faith aspects) will continue to enrich the discussion worldwide.
(2) The
dialogue between theology and
science must be more than a
dialogue within the individual minds of brilliant scientist - theologians; it must be a genuine engagement
between theology and
science.
The
dialogue between faith and reason, religion and
science, does not only make it possible to show people of our time the reasonableness of faith in God as effectively and convincingly as possible, but also to demonstrate that the definitive fulfillment of every authentic human aspiration rests in Jesus Christ.
It is to be hoped that this may also stimulate
dialogue between theology and the social
sciences.