{"id":118,"date":"2018-04-06T11:40:08","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T15:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/theologyofscience\/?page_id=118"},"modified":"2022-03-07T21:59:15","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T02:59:15","slug":"module-9-history-of-science-biblical-cultures-and-early-christianity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/theologyofscience\/module-9-history-of-science-biblical-cultures-and-early-christianity\/","title":{"rendered":"Module 9 \u2013 History of Science: Biblical Cultures and Early Christianity"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><em>Introduction<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>In this fourth module, we continue the overview of the history of science by focusing on the ancient Hebrew culture codified in the Bible and the way early Christian authors defended this world view. You will compare the biblical and Christian world view with those of the ancient cultures we studied in the previous modules. Again, we are studying the history to gain perspective when communicating the theology of science to peers. Fr. Jaki reviews the ancient Hebrew biblical world view and the early Christian authors in <em>Science and Creation: From Eternal Cycles to an Oscillating Universe<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h4><em>Module Objectives<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>Student will be able to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Summarize the biblical world view codified in the Old Testament.<\/li>\n<li>Explain the religious and cosmic world view of early Christianity.<\/li>\n<li>Compare the biblical and Christian world view with those of ancient cultures.<\/li>\n<li>Compose a brief essay.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><em>Assignments<\/em><\/h4>\n<h5>Feedback<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Review any comments from the professor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Lecture<\/h5>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Catholic Theology of Science Module 9 Lecture\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HUhoRANjUX0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5>Readings<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Jaki, <em>Science and Creation<\/em>, Chapter 7: \u201cThe Beacon of the Covenant\u201d and Chapter 8: \u201cThe Leaven of Confidence.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Essay<\/h5>\n<p>Compose a brief critical thinking (500-word minimum) essay to respond to these prompts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Find three scripture passages from Chapter 7, <em>Science and Creation<\/em>, and use them to summarize the biblical world view codified in the Old Testament. 30 points<\/li>\n<li>Find three quotes from early Christian authors in Chapter 8, <em>Science and Creation<\/em>, to explain the religious and cosmic world view of early Christianity. 30 points<\/li>\n<li>Write one paragraph to compare the biblical and Christian world view with those of ancient cultures from your previous essays. 20 points<\/li>\n<li>Content (<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/theologyofscience\/grading\/\">see rubric<\/a>) 10 points<\/li>\n<li>Expression (<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/theologyofscience\/grading\/\">see rubric<\/a>) 10 points<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-312\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/theologyofscience\/files\/2018\/04\/Homepage.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/theologyofscience\/files\/2018\/04\/Homepage.png 504w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/theologyofscience\/files\/2018\/04\/Homepage-191x210.png 191w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/theologyofscience\/files\/2018\/04\/Homepage-454x500.png 454w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction In this fourth module, we continue the overview of the history of science by focusing on the ancient Hebrew culture codified in the Bible and the way early Christian authors defended this world view. You will compare the biblical and Christian world view with those of the ancient cultures&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/theologyofscience\/module-9-history-of-science-biblical-cultures-and-early-christianity\/\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Module 9 \u2013 History of Science: Biblical Cultures and Early Christianity<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4178,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-118","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","ratio-natural","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/theologyofscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/theologyofscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/theologyofscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/theologyofscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/theologyofscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/theologyofscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":555,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/theologyofscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118\/revisions\/555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/theologyofscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}