RS 102 - Science and the Sacred Syllabus
Date Reading Assignment ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 1/16 T Introduction 2 1/18 Th Barbour, Religion in an Age of Science, chapter 1 3 1/23 T Barbour, chapter 2 4 1/25 Th Barbour, chapter 3
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5 1/30 T PHYSICS: Barbour, chapter 4,
Scientific American, Special Issue, chapter 1 & 2
6 2/1 Th Berry and Swimme, Universe Story, chapters 1 & 2
7 2/6 T PHYSICS: Barbour, chapter 5
Scientific American, chapter 3 & 4
8 2/8 Th Berry and Swimme, chapter 3 & 4
9 2/13 T EVOLUTION: Barbour, chapter 6
Scientific American, chapter 5 & 6
10 2/15 Th Berry and Swimme, chapter 6 & 7
11 2/20 T HUMANS: Barbour, chapter 7
Scientific American, chapter 8-10
12 2/22 Th Berry and Swimme, chapter 8, 9, 12, 13, epilogue
13 2/27 T Genesis 1-9
14 2/29 Th Lao Tzu, Tao De Ching
Handout: "The Morality of Molecular Water"
15 3/5 T Barbour, chapter 8
16 3/7 Th Barbour, chapter 9
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17 3/19 T Merchant, The Death of Nature, selections
18 3/21 Th Merchant, selections
19 3/26 T Harding anthology, The "Racial" Economy of Science
(group projects)
20 3/28 Th Harding anthology (group projects)
21 4/2 T Harding anthology (group projects)
21 4/4 Th Passover/Good Friday no class
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22 4/9 T Haraway, "Cyborg Manifesto"
23 4/11 Th Haraway, "Situated Knowledges"
24 4/16 T Kelly, Out of Control, (group projects)
25 4/18 Th Kelly, (group projects)
26 4/23 T Kelly, (group projects)
27 4/25 Th Closing and Evaluation
5/10 Exam Period: 5/2-10