SC300Unit EightPhyllis J. Langone, Ph.D., M.Phil., M.B.A., M.S., M.A.PLangone@kaplan.eduAIM: PhyllisLangone

Agenda• Definitions

-Culture-The major world religions-Science

• Culture, religion, and science• Final Project reminder• Q&A

“Culture… includes all [of a person’s] capabilities… It humanizes persons, manners and institutions. Science for its part, instead of being in competition with culture, is actually a fundamental and now indispensable element of all culture which is ordered to the good of the whole person and every person… scientific and technical progress aims to guarantee [people] a better life...”

Pope John Paul II, 1991http://www.its.caltech.edu/~nmcenter/sci-cp/culture.html

The Major World Religions

SC300 value statements: (a) religion is interesting

(b) knowledge is good (Courtesy of Prof.

Thea Leanard)

http://timothyministries.org/images/worldwide_percentage_of_adherents_by_religion_large.jpg

Science

Science + culture + religion = ?“Differences of perspective remains [sic] among us. We do not have to agree on how the natural world was made to be willing to work together to preserve it.” ~Joint Appeal by Religion and Science for the Environment

An ancient Chinese sage said, "The careful foot can walk anywhere."

"I can't believe that!" said Alice.

"Can't you?" the queen said in a pitying tone. "Try again, draw a long breath, and shut your eyes."

Alice laughed. "There's no use trying," she said. "One can't believe impossible things."

"I dare say you haven't had much practice," said the queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”

Science + culture + religion = Common good

"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind." ~ Albert Einstein 

“Anybody who has been seriously engaged in scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance to the gates of the temple of science are written the words: Ye must have faith. It is a quality which the scientist cannot dispense with.”~ Max Planck

Final Project

Questions?