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Lazare
religion and science

archaeologist

conflict model
Gould
religion and science

independence model

magesterium/concordat
Chang
religion and science

examples of natural selection
Dawkins
religion and science

against: obscurantism, speciesism

religion is epiphenomenon

conflict model

zero sum game (ex: virgin birth)
Murphy
religion and science

foundationalism vs. holism
Pope John Paul II
faith, reason, language

diakonia

sapiential dimension
Pascal
faith, reason, language

reason can only get you so far

wagering is not optional

can't suddenly believe - action must lead belief
Clifford
faith, reason, language

story of the boat

"ethics of belief"
James
faith, reason, language

if you have option that is living, forced, momentous, that cannot be decided by intellectual nature, then faith should make decision
Kierkegaard
faith, reason, language

objective vs. subjective reflection

"leap" of faith

Reason can't get you to God

Strong Fideist
Evans
faith, reason, language

Strong rationalist

foundationalism (to know something, must have base of knowledge)

critical dialogue
Phillips
faith, reason, language

use social context for God talk

beliefs aren't substantiated by words

against realists vs. non-realists
Helm
miracles and divine action

risky vs. risk free
-risky: accommodation
-risk-free: general acts of providence, theological determinism, effective grace
Lucas
miracles and divine action

open theism (cobb and griffin: process theology)

God as persian rug-maker

mutually creative dialogue between God and people
Hume
miracles and divine action

Definition of miracle

against miracles for 4 reasons:
1. No miracle has ever been attested by sufficient number of reasonable men
2. Passions of surprise and wonder cause humans to believe without good evidence
3. Civilized people inherit stories from ignorant, barbarous ancestors
4. Miracle stories from different traditions contradict, cancel out each other
Mackie
miracles and divine action

Hume-ian: miracles could occur, but they are unlikely

double burden
Stump
miracles and divine action

petitionary prayer is not always effective because God doesn't want to spoil us

provincial prayer is effective
Swinburne
miracles and divine action

Contradicts Hume - historical evidence, scientific evidence have same weight

implies no human agency


souls and afterlife

psycho-somatic unity

we could return in completely different bodies

soul = light bulb; body = socket
Plato
Souls and afterlife

dualism

transmigration of souls

body as prison
Price
souls and afterlife

dualism

life after death as dream world
Badham
souls and afterlife

materialism

critic of "empirical" evidence, psycho-somatic unity
d'Holbach
souls and afterlife

materialism

soul talk and god talk is foolish
Hick
souls and afterlife

psycho-somatic unity

"replica" - new body similar to old body
Das
souls and afterlife

dualism

Hari Krishna

karma
Aquinas
faith, reason, language

analogy (similar to maimonides with negation, augustine with divine simplicity)
Flew
faith, reason, language

logical positivism

verification principle
Mitchell
faith, reason, language

don't have to be able to falsify your relationship with God

people don't take into account trust and faith involved in our relationship with God (God is love - can put faith in that)