Science and Religion WM-MON-NiR
- https://e.uksw.edu.pl/course/view.php?id=40178
- https://e.uksw.edu.pl/course/view.php?id=25809 (term 2021/22_Z)
- https://e.uksw.edu.pl/course/view.php?id=33264 (term 2022/23_Z)
- https://e.uksw.edu.pl/course/view.php?id=45283#section-1 (term 2024/25_Z)
Basic concepts of mathematics and natural sciences
Concepts of religion, faith, and theology
Evolution of relations between science and theology
Faith and Reason
Importance of philosophy in science and theology
Language of science and language of philosophy and theology
The problem of truth in science and theology
Biblical concept of creation
Standard model of the evolution of the Universe
Importance of the unification of physics for cosmology
Quantum models of creation of the Universe
Nonlinear Dynamics
Chaos and Fractals
Implications for cosmology and the theology of creation of the world
The sens of life and the sens of the Universe
(in Polish) E-Learning
Term 2021/22_Z: (in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy | Term 2024/25_Z: (in Polish) E-Learning | Term 2023/24_Z: (in Polish) E-Learning | Term 2022/23_Z: (in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) | Term 2020/21_Z: (in Polish) E-Learning |
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych
Term 2023/24_Z: (in Polish) PO/H1 - obszar nauk humanistycznych - I stopień/JM | Term 2019/20_Z: (in Polish) PO - przedmioty ogólnouczelniane (bez obszaru) | Term 2021/22_Z: (in Polish) PO - przedmioty ogólnouczelniane (bez obszaru) | Term 2020/21_Z: (in Polish) PO - przedmioty ogólnouczelniane (bez obszaru) | Term 2022/23_Z: (in Polish) PO - przedmioty ogólnouczelniane (bez obszaru) | Term 2024/25_Z: (in Polish) PO/S1 - obszar nauk społecznych - I stopień/JM |
Subject level
Learning outcome code/codes
Type of subject
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
Understands basics of theories in mathematical natural sciences in comparison with theology
and their philosophical importance.
Can apply knowledge to analysis of basic problems in relation between science and religion.
Can think and act in a rational way.
Assessment criteria
Particiaption at lectures obligatory
Homework assignments / test
knowledge and understanding 3
analysis and synthesis 4
original evaluation of science and religion 5
Bibliography
Heller, M. The New Physics and New Theology, Vatican Observatory Publications, Notre Dame 1996.
M. Heller, Ultimate Explanations of the Universe, Springer, Heidelberg 2009.
Wiesław M. Macek, The Origin of the World: Cosmos or Chaos? Wydawnictwo Naukowe UKSW, 2020, ISBN 978-83-8090-686-0, e-ISBN 978-83-8090-687-7.
Macek, W. M., The God of Scientists, Japan Mission Journal, vol. 63, No 3, 166–172, Oriens Institute for Religious Studies, Tokyo 2009.
Macek, W. M., On Being and Non‑being in Science, Philosophy, and Theology, [in:} Interpretazoni del reale: Teologia, filosofia e scienze in dialogo, Pontificia Università Lateranense, Roma, Quaderni Sefir, 1, eds. P. Coda, R. Presilla, 2000, pp. 119 – 132.
Additional information
Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system: