Science & Religion

PY 260.236 Course Schedule – Spring 2008

www.peabody.jhu.edu/3240

ASSIGNMENT:

--Register for class via www.turnitin.com (ASK FOR INFO!)

--Read Brecht’s Galileo, Scenes 1 and 2 (bring text to next class)

      1/14 (W) Ways of Understanding – Some Historical perspective

ASSIGNMENT: Complete Brecht’s Galileo for next class

“THE WARFARE OF SCIENCE WITH THEOLOGY”: THE CASE OF GALILEO

1/19 (M) NO CLASS – MLK, Jr. Holiday

ASSIGNMENT:

1/21 (W) Bertold Brecht’s Galileo

ASSIGNMENT:

--Read Galileo’s letter

--post three quotations from Brecht on blog

--post three quotations from Galileo on blog

    1/26 (M) Galileo in his Own Words (1615)

Galileo, “Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina”

ASSIGNMENT:

--Read Pope Paul II
--Read Cardinal Poupard
--Post three quotations from Church documents on blog

1/28 (W) The Church Looks Back (1992)

Pope John Paul II, “Lessons of the Galileo Case;” and

Cardinal Poupard, “Galileo: Report on Papal Commission Findings”

ASSIGNMENT: Complete and submit essay via www.turnitin.com by Sunday at 11:59 PM.

***2/1 (Su) ESSAY DUE (via turnit.com @ 11:59 PM)

2/2 (M) The Writing of Your Peers

ASSIGNMENT: Peer Reviews (two) due Thursday night via turnitin.com

HISTORICAL REFLECTIONS: BLURRED DISTINCTIONS

2/4 (W) The Great Isaac Newton

ASSIGNMENT: Read articles by James Force (excerpts) and Richard Popkin (complete)

2/9 (M) Some Scholarly Assessment

James E. Force, “Newton’s God of Dominion: The Unity of Newton’s Theological, Scientific, and Political Thought” (excerpts); and

Richard H. Popkin, “Newton’s Biblical Theology and his Theological Physics”

ASSIGNMENT:

--Post blog entry on Force and Popkins articles (as explained in class)

--Begin rewrite, due next week

--Select article for presentation (as explained in class)

2/11 (W) Workday (appointments for consultation)

Your Rewrites and Presentations

ASSIGNMENT:

--Rewrites (with Revision Guide and “Compare Document Printout”) due in hard copy on Wednesday, 2/18 at noon.

--Study excerpts (pp. 42 – 52) from A Source Book in Medieval Science; respond to study questions on your blog.

--Study your article for presentation (mark your copy, create notes, post abstract on blog--as explained).

     2/16 (M) AUDITION WEEK – NO CLASS

***2/18 (W) Rewrite Due!! – NO CLASS

HISTORICAL REFLECTIONS: RELIGION FUELING SCIENCE

2/23 (M) The Condemnations of 1277

“The Reaction of the Universities and Theological Authorities to Aristotelian Science and Natural Philosophy” (assorted documents from the 13^th Century)

ASSIGNMENT:

--Post response to today’s discussion on your blog

--Begin Diderot, “Conversation Between D’Alembert and Diderot”

--Prepare for next week’s presentation and posting

ASSIGNMENT:

--Post response to today’s presentation on your blog.

--Prepare for next week’s presentation

--Read Diderot (“Conversation” and “Dream”)

ASSIGNMENT:

--Finish and study Diderot

NEW “ENLIGHTENED” THINKING

3/4 (W) Denis Diderot, D’Alembert’s Dream

ASSIGNMENT:
--Reflect on blog (post passages)
--Prepare for and begin essay

3/9 (M) DIDEROT, contd.

ASSIGNMENT: Write essay (due Friday)

ASSIGNMENT:

-- essay tomorrow

-- Read Fine, “The Pigheaded Brain” and excerpts from William Paley (bring Science, Evolution, and Creationism to each class)

***3/13 (F) ESSAY DUE (via turnit.com @ 11:59 PM)

3/16 (M) SPRING BREAK – NO CLASS

3/18 (W) SPRING BREAK – NO CLASS

THE “WARFARE OF SCIENCE WITH THEOLOGY”: ONLY IN AMERICA

3/23 (M) PATTERNS OF BELIEF—TRADITIONS OF UNDERSTANDING