Theology & Ethics 114: What is Science? (with Dr. John Bloom)
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the KC team (and guest Dr. John Bloom) discuss the nature of science, and how modern science misunderstands its own role in determining truth and values.
Dr. John Bloom’s interests center on physics and the integration of science and Christianity. At the undergraduate level he regularly teaches Astronomy and the Science and Origins courses for non-majors and the First-Year Seminar and the Senior Capstone Seminar for department majors. Dr. Bloom has a passion for critical thinking, problem solving, and using hands-on lab experiments to help students gain an intuitive sense for physics concepts. Dr. Bloom seeks to bring greater theological and historical depth to biblical integration in teaching the Biblical Studies Department’s integration seminar: Christianity and the Natural Sciences.
At the graduate level he teaches Modern Physics, Cosmology and Design, and the Intelligent Design Seminar for the MA, Science and Religion Program and Scientific Apologetics for the MA in Christian Apologetics. He is the author of The Natural Sciences: A Student’s Guide, which surveys the relationship between Christianity and science, and demonstrates how God’s glory is clearly seen through the discoveries of science.
BIOLA Master of Science and Religion: https://www.biola.edu/degrees/g/science-and-religion-ma
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Chapters:
00:00:00-Introduction
00:05:17-A Brief History of Modern Science
00:11:47-Why Other Cultures Didn’t Develop Modern Science
00:18:52-Francis Bacon and Historical Complexity
00:22:45-The Rise of “Scientism” & the Sidelining of Theology
00:36:33-Is “Scientism” On the Wane?
00:43:16-Does Science Tell Us About Reality?
00:54:25-Who Decides What is Scientific or Not?
00:55:37-Should We Hold To Methodological Naturalism?
00:58:53-How Should Christians Approach Science and the Bible?
01:06:56-The Problem of Science, Ethics and Authority