“We can now renounce the mechanistic view of the world. The metaphysics of the object is obsolete. With joy we can once more legitimately ask the question of Being.”
 
Bernard d'Espagnat

For many centuries scientific progress seemed to be in opposition to the traditional visions of the great religions of humanity but then a phenomenal upheaval occurred: from the infinitely small to the infinitely large, from life sciences to the science of consciousness, a new vision of the world began to emerge and reopened philosophical and metaphysical perspectives that we thought were closed. It appears there is more compatibility with the existence of a meaning and a plan for the existence of the Universe. This real possibility of uniting reason and faith is one of the great hopes for rebuilding a unified vision of man for the 21st century.

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William D. Phillips “Ordinary Faith, Ordinary Science”

Episode 21 (transcript of audio) of The Advent of Evolutionary Christianity EvolutionaryChristianity.com

Bill Phillips is co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1997 for the development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light. He’s a devout United Methodist layperson and founding member of the International Society for Science and Religion. Our topic is “Ordinary Faith, Ordinary Science.” One of the things I so appreciated about this conversation is how effectively Bill communicates and really embodies a passionate love of the scientific endeavor. Host: Hello, Bill Phillips, and thank you for joining this conversation on evolutionary Christianity. Bill: It’s good to be with you, Michae

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