May 6, 2009

“Cedar Keys” - John Muir; "The Ecozoic Era" – Thomas Berry

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April 30, 2009

Final Essay

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“The Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis” – Lynn White; “Theology, Ethics, and the Environment” – Ian Barbour; Science and Religion: chapter 27

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April 23, 2009

Frankenstein – Mary Shelley: chapters 1-5; “Embryo Police” - Brendan Koerner

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April 21, 2009

"Human Nature, Technological Man, the Apocalyptic Tradition" – Paul Boyer

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April 16, 2009

“Afterword” – Karen Armstrong; “Psychedelics and Religious Experience” – Alan Watts

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April 10, 2009

“Multifaith Round-Up: Views of the Soul” - BeliefNet; "What is the Soul?" – Bertrand Russell; “Out-of-Body Experiences and the Soul”

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April 8, 2009

Kenneth Miller

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April 7, 2009

“Can a Scientist Pray?” – John Polkinghorne; “Long-Awaited Medical Study Questions the Power of Prayer” – Benedict Carey; “Arm-Twisting with the Almighty” – David Meyers; “Astrology and Prayer” – Chet Raymo

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April 2, 2009

Science and Religion : chapter 24; “One Big Bang, or were there many?” - James Randerson; Hubble Ultra Deep Field Photo

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Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial

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March 24, 2009

Science and Religion: chapter 22; “... 7 Significant Court Decisions Regarding Evolution/Creation”; “Judge: Intelligent design is re-labeled creationism” - Kurt Kleiner

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March 10, 2009

Science and Religion: chapter 26; “Intelligent Design?” – an exchange from Natural History; “What I Think about Evolution” – Sam Brownback

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March 5, 2009

Science and Religion: chapter 21; “The Tenets of Creationism” – Henry Morris; Answers in Genesis website; “Preface” – The Evolution of a Creationist - Jobe Martin

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March 4, 2009

Richard Dawkins, "The Purpose of Purpose"

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