Science, Religion and Justice

Justice runs as a central theme throughout religion. We cannot deny, ignore, or escape this. Science, by contrast, is sometimes portrayed as standing apart: the numbers and the facts simply are what they are. If we scratch below the surface, however, we see that science is also intertwined with questions of justice; often able to foster justice, too often playing a material role in injustice.

In our interconnected world, the interplay of science and religion with justice cuts across disciplines. It is of relevance not just to scientists and theologians, but impinges on topics from politics to philosophy, and technology to teaching. We may hope historical problems – like the scientific rankings of human races – are behind us. But modern science is still marked by issues such as control, power, value, and identity; how we treat the poor, the disadvantaged, the other; how we understand ourselves and our standing in the world. This one-week course will cover a wide range of Science & Religion topics, delving into the rich interconnections of how both science and religion are necessarily involved in the lived story of justice: past, present, and future.

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