Wicked Problems: A Report and Papers from the ISCAST Vic Symposium
Alan Gijsbers introduces the issues and papers from Wicked Problems Symposium, held in Victoria in 2019. The papers are published separtely on the site with links below.
Wicked Problems: A Report and Papers from the ISCAST Vic SymposiumAlan Gijsbers introduces the issues and papers from Wicked Problems Symposium, held in Victoria in 2019. The papers are published separtely on the site with links below. |
Wicked Problems, Wickedness, and Wisdom: A Theology for the Anthropocene by Mick PopeThis is one paper arising from the Wicked Problems Symposium in Victoria in 2018. Click here to return to the summary report and links to the other papers. The Antropocene as a wicked problem? Mick Pope describes the nature and history of "the anthropocene" and reflects on our understanding of sin and wisdom. |
Wicked Problems and the Hope of the Kingdom: Summing up the issues from the Victorian SymposiumThis is one paper arising from the Wicked Problems Symposium in Victoria in 2018. Click here to return to the summary report and links to the other papers.
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Wicked Problems: A Personal and Painful Journey by Richard GijsbersThis is one paper arising from the Wicked Problems Symposium in Victoria in 2018. Click here to return to the summary report and links to the other papers.
Richard Gijsbers BForSc (Melb), DipFor (Cres) is an ISCAST Fellow. |
5G and Modern Communications Technologies as a Wicked Problem: Christian Perspectives by Andrew WoodThis is one paper arising from the Wicked Problems Symposium in Victoria in 2018. Click here to return to the summary report and links to the other papers. Professor Andrew W Wood BSc (Hons) (Bristol Univ, UK), MSc (Univ of East Anglia, UK), PhD (Univ of London, UK). Department of Health and Medical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne. ISCAST Fellow. awood@swin.edu.au |
Putting Procrustes to Bed: Newton, Voluntarism and the Development of Science by Robert Brennan“Foster’s voluntarism hypothesis” is the term often used to name a widely used argument that Foster developed in three papers in the 1930s on the relationship between theology and the development of modern science. It is a complex argument that is not always coherent nor necessarily internally consistent. Nevertheless, this theory is often cited to purportedly explain the influence of Christian theology on the development of modern science. It has often been used as an interpretive tool in relation to Isaac Newton’s understanding of science and the development of science. |
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Is Science Doomed to Leave Some Questions Unanswered?
By admin
"As a science journalist, I’ve been to countless science conferences over the years where I’d hear about the latest discoveries or a plug for a new telescope or particle accelerator destined to yield fresh insights into the workings of nature. But last week I found myself in a small but elegant auditorium at Dartmouth College for a different kind of meeting. Scientists and philosophers had gathered not to celebrate research accomplishments but to argue that science itself is inadequate. As successful as it has undeniably been, they say it cannot provide all the answers we seek." Science journalist Dan Falk reports in Scientific American on the debate between physicsts and philosophers about the limits of science and whether we will ever solve certain mysteries of the universe and the human mind. You can read the full article here. |
"Unlikely Allies: Monotheism and the Rise of Science" now available from ISCASTIn Unlikely Allies: Monotheism and the Rise of Science, Mark Worthing investigates the claims of religious traditions that they played a unique role in the rise of the natural sciences. The author argues that monotheism in general, more than any particular manifestation of it, was significant in the development of modern science. Certain key features of monotheism provided fertile conditions for the rise of the natural sciences and Christianity, while not solely responsible for producing these conditions, played a significant role. |
Homo divinis: Denis Alexander on purpose in biology, including human lifeISCAST distinguished fellow Denis Alexander talks about whether there is purpose in biology and in life, in this podcast with Natasha Moore at the Centre for Public Christianity. Listen to the podcast here: https://www.publicchristianity.org/homo-divinus/ |
Review of Adam and the Genome: Reading Scripture after Genetic ScienceDownload a pdf of the review here For other reviews, visit the Journal reviews page here Review of Adam and the Genome: Reading Scripture after Genetic Science by Dennis Venema and Scot McKnight Review by Kathlyn Ronaldson, May 2019 |