Science and Spirituality for the Curious
This the official podcast of the Science and Spirituality Institute. The focus is on relationships between the sciences and different spiritualities and faith traditions. We rely primarily upon the dialogue methodology for exploring these relationships.
Science and Spirituality for the Curious
Ep 1.7: How Science Can Deepen and Strengthen Spirituality and Faith
In this solo episode, Richard Randolph begins by acknowledging the disastrous misunderstanding prevalent in society that science and spirituality are somehow locked in a bitter winner-take-all conflict for supremacy. Against this false myth, Richard asserts that, on the contrary, most religions and spiritualities have historically supported and nurtured science as an important human endeavor. He provides evidence supporting this claim from Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Native American perspectives, and Christianity.
Richard claims that science can actually deepen and strengthen our religious faith or spirituality. He provides three illustrations of this claim, based upon his personal experiences in life. These three illustrations draw from scientific cosmology, ornithology, and quantum physics. He concludes by suggesting that people from other spiritual backgrounds may also find that the sciences can actually deepen and strengthen their spiritualities, as well.
For further information:
Gregory Cajete, Native Science, Natural Laws of Interdependence, Santa Fe, New Mexico: Clear Light Books, 2000.
Shawn Wilson, Research Is Ceremony, Indigenous Research Methods, Fernwood Publishing, 2008.
For more information about Sandhill cranes, check out the Rowe Sanctuary website at: https://rowe.audubon.org/.