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Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Calvin College: What Does Speaking In Tongues Have to Do With the Theory of Relativity?
A new research initiative at Calvin College and Regent University will address that type of question and the many others found at the intersection of science and spirituality.
The two schools recently were awarded a grant of $162,078 from the John Templeton Foundation for a project called "Science and the Spirit: Pentecostal Perspectives on the Science/Religion Dialogue."
Heading up the effort will be Amos Yong, a theology professor at Regent's Divinity School, and James K.A. Smith, a philosophy professor at Calvin.
With the funding, they have assembled a team of scholars from across the country to study the places where science and Pentecostal faith meet. The research team includes scholars from a wide array of fields, including biology, chemistry, psychology, anthropology, sociology, physics, as well as theology and philosophy.
Outcomes will include a book that could be used in science courses at Pentecostal and charismatic universities around the world.
The time is right for such a study the two say since this year marks the centenary of the Azusa Street Revival that was a catalyst for the Pentecostal movement, the fastest growing sector of Christianity in the world.
"There is a clearly a need for Pentecostal and charismatic traditions to take science seriously," Yong says.
Smith adds: "We believe that the need here is reciprocal: we believe that Pentecostal spirituality, with its distinct emphasis on the Spirit and pneumatology, can yield unique insights for the broader science and religion dialogue."
Contact Smith at jkasmith@calvin.edu or 616-526-6419
For the full story see http://www.calvin.edu/news/releases/2005_06/smith_grant.htm
For the Science and the Spirit website see http://www.calvin.edu/scs/scienceandspirit
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The two schools recently were awarded a grant of $162,078 from the John Templeton Foundation for a project called "Science and the Spirit: Pentecostal Perspectives on the Science/Religion Dialogue."
Heading up the effort will be Amos Yong, a theology professor at Regent's Divinity School, and James K.A. Smith, a philosophy professor at Calvin.
With the funding, they have assembled a team of scholars from across the country to study the places where science and Pentecostal faith meet. The research team includes scholars from a wide array of fields, including biology, chemistry, psychology, anthropology, sociology, physics, as well as theology and philosophy.
Outcomes will include a book that could be used in science courses at Pentecostal and charismatic universities around the world.
The time is right for such a study the two say since this year marks the centenary of the Azusa Street Revival that was a catalyst for the Pentecostal movement, the fastest growing sector of Christianity in the world.
"There is a clearly a need for Pentecostal and charismatic traditions to take science seriously," Yong says.
Smith adds: "We believe that the need here is reciprocal: we believe that Pentecostal spirituality, with its distinct emphasis on the Spirit and pneumatology, can yield unique insights for the broader science and religion dialogue."
Contact Smith at jkasmith@calvin.edu or 616-526-6419
For the full story see http://www.calvin.edu/news/releases/2005_06/smith_grant.htm
For the Science and the Spirit website see http://www.calvin.edu/scs/scienceandspirit
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