Resources
A 2016 course taught by John N. Sheveland at Gonzaga University investigates "recent examples of religious group violence and consult a variety of religious responses. We study sacred texts, theological and ethical traditions, but also films, through 2015."
A 2002 course by Michael Sells at Haverford College uses case studies to analyze phenomena of violence with religious roots.
A 2013 course taught by Charles Bellinger at Brite Divinity School "explores the highly ambiguous relationship between religious faith and violence" through ethical, social, psychological, political, and theological perspectives.
A 2011 course by Ellen Posman at Baldwin Wallace College.
A 1998 course by Jame Schaefer at Marquette University offers a historical and constructive approach to "major ways in which theistic religion and the natural sciences have been perceived in relation to one another."
A course by Sean Cocco at Trinity College examines Galileo's trial and the issues therein.
A 2002 course by Ian McFarland at the University of Aberdeen surveys "the range of contemporary views, both Christian and non-Christian, on the relationship between religion and science, with special attention to the question of the degree to which language is used in religious and scientific speech."
A 2006 course by Kent Dunlap at Trinity College examines "fundamental philosophical, ethical and historical questions at the intersection of religion and science."
A 1999 course by Ivan Strenski at the University of California-Riverside on the changing meanings and interactions of religion and science.
A 2002 course by Jim Kanaris at McGill University "is an odyssey into the relationship between religion and science since the 17th century."
Wabash Center Staff Contact
Sarah Farmer, Ph.D.
Associate Director
Wabash Center
farmers@wabash.edu