The 极乐禁地 Center for Science and Religion and Dawson Memorial Baptist Church received a $30,000 grant from the Templeton Foundation to implement a program designed to foster dialog and critical thinking among Christians about major issues in science and religion.听 The grant was awarded by Templeton鈥檚 Scientists in Congregations program.
听听听听听听听听听听听 A 10-week series of seminars that began Sept. 7 serves as the kickoff event for the new program.听 The seminars are being led by fellows in the Center for Science and Religion: Dr. Tom Woolley, whose discipline is statistics; Dr. George Keller, biology; Dr. Wilton Bunch, ethics and physiology; and Dr. Steve Donaldson, computer science.
听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥淭he series seeks to cultivate a richer, deeper engagement between scientific and religious perspectives,鈥 said Dr. Donaldson.听 鈥淚t will explore what science has to say about big questions of meaning and value.
听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥淎nother goal is to foster relationships with those outside the church who perceive Christian beliefs as scientifically naive,鈥 he added.
听听听听听听听听听听听 The seminars meet Wednesday from 6 until 7:15 p.m. at Dawson Memorial Baptist Church through Nov. 16.听 Anyone may attend, and the sessions are structured to be independent of each other.
听听听听听听听听听听听 Dr. Gary Fenton is senior minister and Dr. Todd Harrington is minister of spiritual formation at Dawson.
听听听听听听听听听听听 For information on the program, contact Dr. Donaldson at (205) 726-2447 or sfdonald@samford.edu. 听
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