8:3–4) Doubtless it was thoughts such as these which impelled Blaise Pascal to confess in his Pensées, “The eternal silence of the infinite spaces frightens me.”1 But is this fear and sense of insignificance, however natural it may be, completely rational? /Parent 3 0 R Modern Physics and Ancient Faith Notre Dame University of Notre Dame Press 2003''PPT Modern Physics And Ancient Faith PowerPoint April 11th, 2018 - Modern Physics And Ancient Faith A Summary Of The Book By Stephen Barr Mike Davenport Outline Prolog What Is 2 0 obj >> Is that not as ridiculous as thinking that the entire Pacific Ocean exists for the sake of one microbe floating in its depths? muse@press.jhu.edu.

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<< /Type /Pages 2715 North Charles StreetBaltimore, Maryland, USA 21218, +1 (410) 516-6989 Foreword Review Modern Physics and Ancient Faith Stephen M. Barr University of Notre Dame Press (March 2003) $30.00 (328pp) 978-0-268-03471-9 This eloquent philosophical book argues that rather than detracting from religious faith, science has proven a great /I1 29 0 R Not the starry heavens, but their effects on human percipients, have excellence; to admire the universe for its size is slavish and absurd.”2 Einstein expressed the same view with even greater vehemence. Modern Physics and Ancient Faith argues that the great discoveries of modern physics are more compatible with the central teachings of Christianity and Judaism about God, the cosmos, and the human soul than with the atheistic viewpoint of scientific materialism. Jul 07, 2020 modern physics and ancient faith Posted By Norman Bridwell Publishing TEXT ID 832b5b58 Online PDF Ebook Epub Library Modern Physics And Ancient Faith By Stephen M Barr Barr modern physics and ancient faith argues that the great discoveries of modern physics are more compatible with the Without cookies your experience may not be seamless. Show Outline Pp. His particular areas of expertise include grand unified theories and particle cosmology. >>

Modern Physics and Ancient Faith argues that the great discoveries o In his accessible and eminently readable new book, Stephen M. Barr demonstrates that what is really at war with religion is not science itself, but a philosophy called scientific materialism. . 7 0 obj << /Type /Outlines /Count 0 >> >> >> 5 0 obj The universe, for all its immensity, knows nothing and understands nothing, while our thoughts and understanding can reach from one end of the cosmos to the other. ��V�^%a� �>�Aj8����>�Vu�RW. /Title (�� R e v i e w o f M o d e r n P h y s i c s a n d A n c i e n t F a i t h \( 9 7 8 0 2 6 8 0 3 4 7 1 9 \)) I am thinking . /F1 8 0 R How vast the universe is, and how very small we are!

1 0 obj /I2 30 0 R . 'A well-written and logically argued presentation on the relationship between religion and science. . Why Is the Universe So Big? /Length 2392 >> Forged from a partnership between a university press and a library, Project MUSE is a trusted part of the academic and scholarly community it serves. He has been quoted as saying, “If there were not this inner illumination [i.e., the human mind], the universe would be merely a rubbish heap.”3 Even though I believe Russell and Einstein went too far in seeming to deny the admirableness of the universe apart from human beings, they are surely right that it is foolish to deny human importance merely on account of size. He’s a renowned speaker on topics of science and religion and author of the excellent book Modern Physics and Ancient Faith. Indeed, in the account of Creation given in the Book of Genesis, after each part of the material world is created by God, the words are repeated, “And God saw that it was good.” This is said before the creation of man is recounted, and so the implication is plain that God sees these things as good, not only in relation to us, but in themselves. The religious person would reply, of course, that the universe was not made only for our sake. 3 0 obj If it was really made for our sake, were all those “infinite spaces” necessary? Dr. Stephen Barr is a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Delaware. In the fifteenth century, indeed, the theologian Nicolas of Cusa... Project MUSE promotes the creation and dissemination of essential humanities and social science resources through collaboration with libraries, publishers, and scholars worldwide. If you would like to authenticate using a different subscribed institution or have your own login and password to Project MUSE. /F2 15 0 R P/b $20.00, ISBN 0-268-02198-8 Stephen Barr is an elementary particle physicist familiar with cosmology, who argues God’sexistencefromtwo

/F3 22 0 R endobj He wrote, I have long ardently desired to find some justification for the emotions inspired by certain things that seemed to stand outside human life and to deserve feelings of awe. /Contents 7 0 R x�}YK��F�s����Fp��:�U ��m��Y�׏��{Z�!$�B4r�߬|*ut�@�8�i�/Y�N���� /Creator (�� D O M P D F) Neither Jewish nor Christian tradition makes that claim. University of Notre Dame Press, 2003. How can we be so arrogant as to think that all of this was made for our sakes? What sets human beings above all the stars and galaxies revealed by our telescopes is our power of reason. And yet I am unable to believe that, in the world as known, there is anything that I can value outside human beings. . Is it not based on an unthinking tendency, which is really absurd, to equate size and significance? It is a paradox that was not lost upon the Psalmist, who cried out, When I consider the heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? But if they declare God’s glory rather than our own, there is no reason to expect them to have a merely human scale.

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Because of the power of our minds we can each, with Hamlet, say, “I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself king of infinite space.” 158 18 Even Bertrand Russell, who, as we have seen, called the human race “a curious accident in a backwater,” was convinced that human beings dwarf the whole rest of the universe in value. 6 0 obj Barr makes both modern physics and theology understandable to the lay reader. /Count 1 This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website.

©2020 Project MUSE. /MediaBox [0.000 0.000 612.000 792.000] endobj . Another theme running through the Bible is that the greatness and majesty which we see in the physical universe show forth God’s own greatness and majesty: “The heavens declare the glory of God,” says Psalm 19. Who would deny the foolishness of saying that because one thing is a thousand times bigger than another it is also a thousand times more important? << /Type /Page /XObject << As we have just seen, a strong case can be made from the mathematical structure of the laws of physics that we were “built in from the beginning.” But if on some clear night we go outside and gaze up at the heavens, it is natural for us to be shocked at their immensity and overcome by a sense of our own insignificance . endobj /Kids [6 0 R Nevertheless , a question remains. << /Type /Catalog << << /Filter /FlateDecode Reprinted 2011.

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