The Christian Origin of Modern Science

Nevertheless, my love of scientific discovery has never waned.

When I teach Christian Heritage, here at Baylor, I recognize that many of my students will be pursuing degrees which are scientific in nature. So, as part of my course, we explore the relationship between Christianity and Science.

The Origins of Modern Science

Now, this reading is quite a commitment for freshman as the chapter is 80 pages in length. Nevertheless, on student evaluations, this reading is frequently cited as a favorite by my students. I should also note that some students have been angered by the reading as they feel they have been lied to for years, i. Hodgson states that the main object of his essay is to answer the question: Among other things, Hodgson argues that Christian theology which maintains a fine balance between order and freedom was necessary element.

The Christian God is both rational and free. Deny the rationality of God and you have a chaotic world.

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Obviously the early stages were important, but a number of ideas stemming from Christian theology were absolutely key to the development of what we now know as science. In order to be able to do experimentally based science, one needs a certain metaphysical worldview that allows the framing of scientific questions. Most disciplines within modern science also involve some or all the following features: Many of these characteristics have been nurtured by a specifically theological worldview.

The Christian origins of modern science

First is the concept of a creator God making a rationally based universe that can be understood by physical laws and rational minds. That statement may sound completely obvious to our modern ears, but only because we know how science works. We have benefited from the hundreds of years of experiments that followed the scientific revolution. Earlier generations relied on authority, but Newton and his contemporaries worked hard to discover the true nature of things through observation and experiment.

Fathers of Modern Science and Christianity

One way to deal with the fallenness of the human mind is to do experiments. Denis used some great quotes, and I recommend the video of a similar talk that he gave at the Faraday Institute.

John Hedley Brooke, Science and Religion: Form Descartes to Dawkins.