I have written a number of posts for the Science and Faith section of the Anglican Way Magazine of the Prayer Book Society and have given talks at conferences sponsored by the Society. I am making the original material available below plus printed Anglican Way magazine articles.
Posts for the Magazine web site:
- States the thesis of the project.
- Science as Liturgy: examines the practice of science,
- A Word to the Wise: centers the project on the logic of the Word-made-flesh in Christ,
- The Feynman Challenge: sets out the challenge of putting science and faith together,
- What the World is: tackles creation, distinguishing the proper doctrine from “creationism,”
- The Recovery of Wonder: reflects on wonder in the light of the Christmas story;
- Just what is science, after all? reflects on science as knowledge.
- Advent 2017:To Arrive at the Beginning uses the poetry of T. S. Eliot to reflect on the beginning and end of things, and their relation.
- Christmas 2017: Can Wonder Ever End? considers the wealth and poverty of the child, and the need for perpetual wonder.
Talks for conferences sponsored by The Prayer Book Society:
- “How should science and faith relate to one another?” My talk from the Feb_18_2017, annual conference of the Prayer Book Society in Savannah GA
- “Renewing the Christian Imagination: Inhabiting the City of God in a Secular Age.” My talk from the Jan. 26, 2018, annual conference of the Prayer Book Society in Savannah GA is not available in written form, but the Powerpoint slides are available here.
- “Renewing the Christian Imagination: Where do we go from here?” My talk and other presentations from the local “God, Science, and Humanity” conference Feb. 10, 2018, in at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Potomac MD, are available at these links:
- A pdf version of my talk along with my Conference Introduction is available here.
- Powerpoint slides of my introduction to the Conference.
- Powerpoint slides of my talk.
- The conference featured my NIST colleague and friend, Bill Phillips (one of the three 1997 Nobel Laureates in Physics), a neuroscience grad student, Dan Dorman, and philosopher Michael Hanby from the John Paul II Institute. An article based on Dan’s talk on “The Liturgical Brain” is here.
- Revisiting the God, Science, and Humanity Conference, posted on the Anglican Way web site a year later.
- “Renewing the Christian Imagination: Where do we go from here?” My talk and other presentations from the local “God, Science, and Humanity” conference Feb. 10, 2018, in at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Potomac MD, are available at these links:
Printed articles in the Anglican Way Magazine:
- Beyond Imagination: The True Meaning of Creation (Summer/Fall 2018)
- Review of Simon Oliver’s book, “Creation: A Guide for the Perplexed” (Spring, 2022).
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