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What role does philosophy play in theology?

What can we know about God by looking at nature?

Where does reason end and faith begin?

And do science and religion necessarily conflict?

These are just some of the questions posed by Christian thinkers across the ages.

This course covers both the way these and many other questions

have been debated across the centuries and how we might apply the wisdom of the past

to the questions of our own day. The assumption is that Christians are irrational, that

Christianity is something akin to a cleverly devised myth and even an enemy of science. Examples

supporting these stereotypes and characters can certainly be found.

That's not the complete picture, though. It's not even close.

It's quite the contrary, for Christianity has long expressed itself in ways that are reasonable and even philosophically sophisticated.

It has long defended itself by appeals to evidence, and certainly has a long history of interacting with science.

In fact, modern science finds its roots in the Christian tradition.

So what does reason have to do with faith, philosophy with theology, religion with science?

The answer is a whole lot.

This course introduces you to just some of these issues as it explores the contours

as some of the most basic topics of Christian theology, the issues of faith and reason.

The issues of the 1517 podcast network of shows.

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