The Government’s Control over Science and Religion
I would like to put the Scopes trial in a broader perspective, in the world of 1926 and a century later. Let’s be clear: this was about the government’s attempt to restrict what is acceptable in science, but also in religious life. With Tennessee’s Butler Act the...
Education: Right and Investment
As I pondered Hal Breitenberg’s announcement that the theme of this issue of SciTech† will be education, I wondered where to start. What does education mean to us? Let’s begin with something simple: to students education is a right, to society it represents an...
Serendipity and the Rewriting of History
We are all aware that scientific research sometimes leads to unexpected discoveries. Alexander Fleming’s accidental discovery of penicillin is a well-known example, when he noticed that bacteria were being killed in a neglected petri dish in which mold had been...
The Afternoon of Christianity
I titled this column with the title of Tomáš Halík’s book The Afternoon of Christianity: The Courage to Change. Halík is a Czech theologian, philosopher, sociology scholar, and Roman Catholic priest. The book, first published in 2021, carries a further subtitle: On...
SciTech† for Spring 2026
Reflections on Teaching at the Interface of Science and Religion
Report on Spring PASTCF Board Meeting
White, Bacon, and Nature
The First Great English Scientist: Sir Francis Bacon
Global Perspectives on Science and Christianity
A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness
From the Editor’s Desk
Of Interest
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