Religion-and-Science as Spiritual Quest for Meaning. Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Goshen Conference on Religion and Science.By Philip Hefner.

Zygon® ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 523-524
Author(s):  
Barbara Ann Strassberg
Author(s):  
Susan Ella George

First, we consider the “spiritual search” that many have found to be foundational to humanity. Religion is foundational to humanity across the world. To some extent, sociology is a “secular panacea” for what classical philosophy called “The religious quest.” The religious, and nonreligious quest is a search for meaning most commonly understood in religious contexts as a search for “god.” In the last decade of the 20th century, a number of authors have recognized that technology is being used for a “spiritual quest.” Increasingly, this is being expressed through the Internet and World Wide Web. The “search beyond Google” represents this human quest for meaning. Even though organised religion may be declining, the religious quest is not necessarily abating. Technology, along with some “alternative” religious expressions, is supporting the present day search.


1995 ◽  
Vol 50 (7) ◽  
pp. 542-543
Author(s):  
L. Charles Ward
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2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chengcheng You

This article reviews four major Chinese animated adaptations based on the classic Journey to the West. It shows how these adaptations, spanning four historical phases of modern China, encapsulate changes in Chinese national identity. Close readings underpin a developmental narrative about how Chinese animated adaptations of this canonical text strive to negotiate the multimodal expressions of homegrown folklore traditions, technical influences of western animation, and domestic political situations across time. This process has identified aesthetic dilemmas around adaptations that oscillate between national allegory and individual destiny, verisimilitude and the fantastic quest for meaning. In particular, the subjectivisation of Monkey King on the screen, embodying the transition from primitivistic impulse, youthful idealism and mature practicality up to responsible stewardship, presents how an iconic national figure encapsulates the real historical time of China.


1970 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 314-333
Author(s):  
Sarno Hanipudin

This paper is intended to describe how the integration of religion and science is done through the practice of PAI learning. This was done because there is a strong presumption in the wider community who say that religion and science are the two entities that can not be met. Both have their respective territories, separated from each other, in terms of formal-material objects, research methods, criteria of truth, the role played by scientists. There is also a view that science and religion stand at their respective position, because science rely on empirically supported data to ascertain what is real and what is not, contrary religion ready to accept the supernatural and certainly not only be based on tangible variables of faith and the belief that religion and science must coexist independently of each other, because even though there are similarities in their mission, the fundamental difference between the two present a conflict that will resonate on each core. Tulisan ini ditujukan untuk mendeskripsikan bagaimana integrasi agama dan sains dilakukan melalui praktik pembelajaran PAI. Hal itu dilakukan karena ada anggapan yang kuat dalam masyarakat luas yang mengatakan bahwa agama dan ilmu adalah dua entitas yang tidak dapat dipertemukan. Keduanya mempunyai wilayah masing-masing, terpisah antara satu dan lainnya, baik dari segi objek formalmaterial, metode penelitian, kriteria kebenaran, peran yang dimainkan oleh ilmuwan. Ada juga yang memandang bahwa sains dan agama berdiri pada posisinya masingmasing, karena bidang ilmu mengandalkan data yang didukung secara empiris untuk memastikan apa yang nyata dan apa yang tidak, agama sebaliknya siap menerima yang gaib dan tidak pasti hanya didasarkan pada variabel berwujud dari iman dan kepercayaan bahwa agama dan sains harus hidup berdampingan independen satu sama lain, sebab meskipun ada kesamaan dalam misi mereka, perbedaan mendasar antarakeduanya menyajikan sebuah konflik yang akan beresonansi pada inti masingmasing.


1970 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 284-313
Author(s):  
Muhammad Yunus

This paper aims to examine the three main issues, those are the main challenges faced by higher education institutions of Islamic Religion (PTAI),the implementation of the integration of religion and science in PTAI, and PTAI response to secularization and Islamization of science. Those make this paper focuson the discussion how PTAI response to the challenges, so PTAI can offer objects and perspective studies of Islamic knowledge and science that are universal, not dichotomous impression, challenging and interesting in future studies. Tulisan ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji tiga masalah pokok, yaitu tantangan utama yang dihadapi oleh lembaga Pendidikan Tinggi Islam Agama (PTAI), implementasi integrasi agama dan sains di PTAI, dan respon PTAI terhadap sekularisasi dan Islamisasi sains. Hal itu menjadikan tulisan ini lebih menitikberatkan pada diskusi bagaimana respon PTAI terhadap berbagai tantangan, sehingga PTAI dapat menawarkan objek dan perspektif kajian pengetahuan Islam dan sains yang universal, tidak terkesan dikotomis, menantang dan menarik minat studi di masa depan.


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