Methodist Theological School in Ohio

https://www.mtso.edu/

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The Methodist Theological School in Ohio (MTSO) will carry out a project entitled “Questioning Science with Good Faith: Shifting the Engagement of Science in Seminaries.” Their first revised course is Introduction to Theology, which will incorporate science into the modules Dimensions of Salvation and Creation: Human and Non-Human Nature. Their second revised course is the Survey of Global Christian History, which will engage science into two units: Christianity and the Creation of Race and Christianity and Pandemics.

MTSO’s campus-wide event, “Trust in Science? Religious Leaders, Scientists, and the Challenge of Science Denialism,” will show the relevance of science to theological reflection and study. This spring 2022 event will assist seminary students, faculty, and religious leaders as they navigate and examine science denialism as a national phenomenon. MTSO aims to engage participants in an engaging examination of contemporary denials of science, which are complex and often do not represent a wholesale rejection of all science.

Contact information

Ms. Elonda Clay
Director of the Library
eclay@mtso.edu
Dr. Elaine Nogueira-Godsey
Assistant Professor of Theology, Ecology and Race
egodsey@mtso.edu
Dr. Tejai Beulah
Assistant Professor of History, Ethics, and Black Church and African Diaspora Studies
tbeulah@mtso.edu
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In furtherance of the AAAS mission of advancing science in service to society, AAAS|DoSER’s role in the Science for Seminaries project is to support efforts to integrate science into seminary education. AAAS|DoSER does not advise on or endorse the theological content of the participating seminaries.