Faith Interface

The Relationship Between Science & Religion (Alister McGrath)

A Way Forward in the Science/Faith Debate

Taken together, cosmic fine tuning and evolutionary directionality bring a coherence to the history of the universe and create a grand narrative that takes us from, in the words of one pundit [John Dervin], “the big bang to the big brain”. For religious believers the dicussion surrounding big bang cosmology and biological evolution can seem [...]

The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief

The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief Francis Collins California Institute of Technology (5 February 2009) Join us as Dr. Francis Collins, world-renowned geneticist, physician, and Former Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health shares his journey from atheism to faith, propelled by science. His [...]

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God and the Brain: What neuroscience can teach us about people and God Can science can teach us anything useful about how we relate to and experience God?  Does neuroscience tell us that religious beliefs and experiences are nothing more than electrical events in the brain? This recording is of a talk given by Revd [...]

What (or Who) is the “Theory of Everything”?

A discussion of the elusive theory of “Quantum Gravity”.

Come On Mr Dawkins – You Know You Want To!

Will Richard Dawkins finally engage in a scholarly one-to-one discussion with William Lane Craig when he visits Oxford? It would appear not, and even some fellow atheists seem to think he’s making a big mistake. This is the story, so far, but what will come next? Prof Craig’s UK Speaking Schedule here. Prof Craig’s UK [...]

“The Language of Science and Faith” (Karl Giberson & Francis Collins)

The Language of Science and Faith: Straight Answers to Genuine Questions By Karl W. Giberson and Francis S. Collins (Hardcover) Length: 251 pages Size: 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches Published: February 2011 ISBN-10: 0-8308-3829-5 ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-3829-5 Christians affirm that everything exists because of God — from subatomic quarks to black holes. Science often claims [...]

Science & Christian Faith – The Beat Up

 Science & Christian Faith – The Conflict is Exaggerated  The conflict between science and Christian faith is a beat up. The real conflict is between philosophical naturalism (masquerading as science) and Christian theism. The schism between science and faith is deliberately perpetuated between two extreme philosophical positions with ulterior motives:   Atheist zealots on one [...]

Morality and the Brain

From the Philosophy Bites Podcast: David Eagleman on Morality and the Brain Should recent discoveries about the brain change our attitude to moral responsibility and culpability? In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast neuroscientist David Eagleman argues that it should. David Eagleman is a neuroscientist and a writer. He directs the Laboratory for Perception [...]

Richard Swinburne, Substance Dualism & Motivated Belief.

  Philosopher Richard Swinburne was recently interviewed by Julian Baggini on the Microphilosophy podcast regarding his arguments for mind-body substance dualism. Listen to the podcast episode here. Roger’s comments to Julian Baggini: Thanks for interviewing Richard Swinburne regarding his dualist beliefs of the nature of persons. To lay my cards on the table, I too [...]