In an episode entitled "Can a scientist believe?" ABC TV's religious program Compass featured footage of ISCAST's recent COSAC conference as well as interviews with ISCAST people.
In an episode entitled "Can a scientist believe?" ABC TV's religious program Compass featured footage of ISCAST's recent COSAC conference as well as interviews with ISCAST people.
The May issue of the ISCAST Digest begins with a personal reflection on COSAC 2018. The Digest is full of fascinating stories and resources, and it's now available for download.
These videos were live-streamed on the ISCAST Facebook page during COSAC 2018. Please see below for the videos and check back as more are loaded.
"Religion is not going away any time soon, and science will not destroy it. If anything, it is science that is subject to increasing threats to its authority and social legitimacy. Given this, science needs all the friends it can get. Its advocates would be well advised to stop fabricating an enemy out of religion, or insisting that the only path to a secure future lies in a marriage of science and secularism."
ISCAST Fellow David Goldney was awarded the AM in the recent Queen's birthday honours for significant service to tertiary education in the field of environmental science, and to conservation through resource management committees
"Much of the contemporary conflict between science and religion arises not out of the activities themselves, but out of the unhelpful way in which we presently conceptualize them - that is, as knowledge-producing enterprises that compete for the...
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Recently ISCAST fellow and board member A/Prof Michael Wong was interviewed on ABC RN's God Forbid.
Our friends at Simeon Network have asked us to let people know about their Publish three-day workshops in Melbourne and Sydney, aimed to result in publishable articles. Details as follows:
