By Michael Welker
This booklet files the convention on The technological know-how and faith discussion: earlier and Future, held on the collage of Heidelberg, Germany, October 25-29, 2012. The convention venerated the 100th anniversary of the beginning of Sir John Templeton and the 25th anniversary of the institution of the toilet Templeton starting place. It introduced jointly approximately 60 lively contributors, them all well-liked students from many nations and lots of educational fields. such a lot of them were engaged within the Science and faith discussion for the final or 3 many years. This publication reviews on multi-year overseas and interdisciplinary examine initiatives at prime associations. The contributions begin with displays through Hans Joas, Martin Nowak and John Polkinghorne and diversity from Astronomy, arithmetic, Physics and Biology to Philosophical Theology and spiritual Ethics. particular subject matters of the discussion among technology and faith also are handled, resembling Eschatology and Anthropology; Cosmology, Creation, and Redemption; Evolutionary Biology and the Spirit; and The position of idea Experiments in technology and Theology.
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16 Agape, 2. 17 Humble Approach, 21. , 87. 19 Pure Unlimited Love, 19. 20 Humble Approach, 47–47. 21 Possibilities, 38. 22 Humble Approach, 24. Michael Murray Science and Religion Dialogue Let me begin by offering my thanks to the University of Heidelberg, to Professor Michael Welker and to Vice Rector Pfeiffer for hosting us here during these few days for this special event. As you have heard from others, this is the 25th birthday of the John Templeton Foundation and in the lead up to this year we have looked for a handful of topics that we thought were truly emblematic of Sir John’s life, passions and thought.
This is the second facet of Humility in Theology. It involves, for example, thinking about the nature of persons: Are we physical entities? What is the relationship between mind and brain? What does human uniqueness consist in? How do persons achieve personal well-being? In the spiritual, moral and physical dimensions? Many of you know that we have a substantial portfolio on Health and Spirituality and this arises out of this emphasis within Humility in Theology. The third area is Science that concerns Fundamental Laws, Structures and Constituents of Reality.
How strange of Sir John to write these words – that is, unless one understands him through the Vedic elements of Transcendentalism. He is stating here that the Infinite Mind of God flows through us all, dwells within us, and actually is constitutive of an element of our individual minds. Moreover, we are the creatures through whom Divine Mind expands its creativity. So we are driven to ask what the purpose of God is: “Were human beings created to be agents of God’s accelerating creativity? ” (Why Are We Created?
