Frontiers of Science and Christianity

Instructor:
Dr. David A. Humphreys
Emeritus Professor of Chemistry
Adjunct Professor of Science and Religion.

Course outline
General Objectives
Evaluation
Prescribed books
Bibliography
Course Content:
Chapter/Section Page
INTRODUCTION 1
 1.1. Science is a human activity 1
 1.2. Presuppositions 2
 1.3. Errors in Science 3
 1.4. Models (vs Reality) 4
 1.5. The nature of science and a view of theology 5
 1.6. Nature of truth 6
 1.7. Differences in science and theology and ways of knowing 7
 1.8. Relating science and faith 8
WHAT SCIENCE SAYS ABOUT THE BEGINNING - COSMOLOGY 9
 2.1. A Christian perspective on a tour of the universe 9
 2.2. A bit of history about investigating the very big 10
 2.3. The current view of the universe 11
 2.4. Big bang theory 11
A MODEL 12
MORE CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE 13
 4.1. Chaos Theory 13
 4.2. Some theological implications of these ideas 13

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