Integrating Faith
and Science
Rosenwald Classroom
“Science and religion are unquestionably two of the most potent forces that have shaped - and continue to shape - human civilization... Popular opinion generally assumes an antagonistic relationship between the two, but modern scholarship increasingly reveals this as a one-sided view that is not only relatively recent by also self-servingly propagated to this day by extremist voices in both the religion and science camps.”1
In this panel we would like to explore at least three dimensions of the multi-faceted science-faith question: the historical heritage of science and faith, and the metaphysical stances of each, and how they interplay in modern secular and spiritual life.
Moderator
Andrew Schuman D’10
Founding Editor-in-Chief, The Dartmouth Apologia
Andrew Schuman D’10 is an Engineering Sciences and Philosophy double major from Lee, NH. He is the founding editor-in-chief of The Dartmouth Apologia, the College’s journal of Christian thought, and currently serves as president of Christian Impact, and undergraduate Christian fellowship. He is an intramural sports enthusiast and enjoys anything outdoors, particularly fly-fishing, backpacking, and hiking.
Panelists
John F. Walkup, Ph.D. D’62, Th’63
Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering, Texas Tech
John F. Walkup, Ph.D. is a Horn Professor emeritus of Electrical Engineering at Texas Tech University. Dr. Walkup taught at Texas Tech from 1971 to 1998 while also serving as the research director of the Optical Systems Laboratory. In 1998, Dr. Walkup and his wife, Pat, joined the staff of Christian Leadership Ministries and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, where they now work with the Bay Area’s university professors. Dr. Walkup also travels nationally and internationally to encourage Christian professors in their roles as Christ's ambassadors to their campuses. Dr. Walkup’s essay From Religion to Relationship has appeared in the InterVarsity Press book Professors Who Believe.
Dr. Walkup received his B.A. in Engineering Science from Dartmouth College in 1962, his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Dartmouth College in 1963 and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1971.
Edward B. Davis, Ph.D.
Professor of History of Science, Messiah College
Edward B. Davis, Ph.D. is the Distinguished Professor of the History of Science at Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania. Mainly known for his work on early modern science, Dr. Davis edited The Works of Robert Boyle, 14 vols., Robert Boyle, A Free Enquiry into the Vulgarly Received Notion of Nature and The Antievolution Pamphlets of Harry Rimmer. He has also written several articles and reviews on the history of religion and science in America, including historical comments presented at a public forum on evolution and the schools sponsored by the AAAS in September 2000.
Dr. Davis graduated from Drexel University in 1975 with a B.A. in Physics and, in 1984, earned his Ph.D. in the History and Philosophy of Science from Indiana University. Dr. Davis is also the President of the American Scientific Affiliation and also serves as the Director of Central Pennsylvania Forum for Religion and Science.
Jennifer J. Wiseman, Ph.D.
Hubble Program Scientist, NASA
Jennifer J. Wiseman, Ph.D. is an astronomer, author, and speaker. She has studied star-forming regions of our galaxy using radio, optical, and infrared telescopes, and currently serves as Chief of the Laboratory for Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.
Dr. Wiseman studied physics at MIT for her B.A., discovering comet Wiseman-Skiff in 1987. She then in 1995, went on to earn her Ph.D. in astronomy from Harvard University. She accomplished subsequent research as a Jansky Fellow at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory and as a Hubble Fellow at the Johns Hopkins University.
In addition to research, Dr. Wiseman is also interested in public science policy. She was selected as the 2001-2002 Congressional Science Fellow of the American Physical Society and served on the staff of the Science Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. Dr. Wiseman also served, from 2003-2006, as the Program Scientist for the Hubble Space Telescope at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. Dr. Wiseman has also authored several essays addressing the relationship of astronomy and Christian faith.
1 Lawrence Principe, Professor of Science and Technology and of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, in his introduction to Science and Religion, The Teaching Company, 2006.
