PL 404 - Reason, Science, and Faith in the Modern Age

(3.00 cr.)

Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. A philosophical-historical examination of the rise of science in the modern age (1500-present), and the impact this has had on religion, drawing from such thinkers as Luther, Pope John Paul II, Bacon, Copernicus, Galileo, Descartes, Newton, Hume, Kant, Darwin, and various contemporary scientific, religious, and philosophical works that have been important in informing the relationship between science and religion. IC