
Led by GRegg Fairbrothers D’76
Five Wednesdays: 1/13, 1/20, 1/27, 2/3, 2/10
8:00 – 9:00 pm, via zoom (Register for Access)
Description: In mainstream thinking today, Science is routinely presumed the ultimate arbiter of truth, from the most mundane to the most profound. The Science—and The Experts who pronounce scientific findings—hold pride of place when we look for knowledge and facts, even the very nature of reality and the meaning of existence. For the Christian apologist, next to the problem of evil the preeminence of Science presents the greatest challenge to faith—in particular to a worldview centered in fundamental Christian truths. As we will see, “we are what we know,” and in a scientific age holding a thoughtful Christian faith means considering carefully and deeply what science and what faith have to contribute to our beliefs and our choices.
It is a founding principle of Apologia and the Wheelock Society that a meaningful Christian life calls us to seamlessly integrate faith, reason, and vocation. How do we reconcile what we know by disciplined reason with what we know and believe in our Christian faith, and how do we carry these into everyday life? Working in large part from past Apologia articles, in the five hours of this Winter 2021 Waterman session we will explore the tension between—and the compatibility of—science and faith.
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