The Seven Series with Gregg Davidson
Welcome to The Seven Series Podcast, where we tap into the Biblical number of perfection in creative ways to explore theology, science, and culture. Your host, Dr. Gregg Davidson, along with various guests, provides insights into the Biblical theology, the intersection of the Bible with science, American culture wars and influencers, and political intrigue. Topical links with the podcast title may be on the symbolic use of 7 in the Bible, or a series of 7 episodes, people, examples, points, or minutes. Wait and see how creative we get!
The Seven Series with Gregg Davidson
Ep 36 - History of Science & Faith, with Dr. Ted Davis
Science is frequently described as advancing as religious belief is overcome. I am joined by Dr. Ted Davis, a historian of science and Christian faith, to talk about the development of scientific though in pre-Christian/pre-Western cultures, the interplay of faith and science during the Scientific Revolution, and the drift from open expressions of appreciation of God in the opening pages of scientific texts to the modern ban on any reference to the divine. From there the conversation moves into assessments of materialist claims in belief in facts over faith (such as Jerry Coyne or Richard Dawkins), whether religious belief is decreasing among modern scientists (it is not), and interesting observations of more Christians in the hard sciences than in the social sciences.