Post by humphreyclarke on Apr 7, 2011 18:34:07 GMT
Well I just checked back on Richard C's blog for the first time in a while and I saw this on his speaking engagement list.
Ancient Christian Hostility to Science (2pm-4pm): Learn with shock and horror what the first Christian intellectuals said about science and scientific values, and see how starkly it contrasted with the religious values expressed by pagans. Excellent companion piece to the previous night's talk for Skeptics in the Pub, which will have covered the achievements of ancient pagan scientists (and nothing else). So some of you might want to catch both, as the Pub talk will discuss the actual scientific knowledge and achievements of the ancients, while Saturday's talk will then discuss the Christian response to those achievements (and what the pagans thought about them, too).
Are we finding that as the conflict thesis dies in the academy it's experiencing something of a rebirth out in the blog-o-sphere or is it only a few lone proselytizers like Richard and Charles F who are making the running at the moment?
Ancient Christian Hostility to Science (2pm-4pm): Learn with shock and horror what the first Christian intellectuals said about science and scientific values, and see how starkly it contrasted with the religious values expressed by pagans. Excellent companion piece to the previous night's talk for Skeptics in the Pub, which will have covered the achievements of ancient pagan scientists (and nothing else). So some of you might want to catch both, as the Pub talk will discuss the actual scientific knowledge and achievements of the ancients, while Saturday's talk will then discuss the Christian response to those achievements (and what the pagans thought about them, too).
Are we finding that as the conflict thesis dies in the academy it's experiencing something of a rebirth out in the blog-o-sphere or is it only a few lone proselytizers like Richard and Charles F who are making the running at the moment?
