SCIENCE, FAITH, AND TECHNOLOGY (SSFT 212)
Term: 2008-2009 Spring Semester
Description
SSFT 212. SCIENCE, FAITH, AND TECHNOLOGY. This course is designed to give a theological, philosophical, and historical rationale for why Christians do science. What science is, how and why it developed in the context of Western Christianity, and how Christians are to respond to scientific information and theory will be considered. Particular emphasis will be given to biblical and scientific perspectives on the origin of the universe, the origin of organic life, and human origins. Selected topics in modern science and technology, such as cloning, stem cell research, chimeras, cosmology, quantum physics, and artificial intelligence, will also be addressed. Prerequisites: Humanities 261 or Humanities 271; and a lab science. The lab science course and Humanities 261 or 271 may be taken concurrently with this course. Two hours.