SciTech† for May 2025
Welcome to the May 2025 edition of SciTech†. Read the articles below, or download the issue in PDF format.
EDUCATION
Science, Technology, and Faith at Camp Hanover
Camp Hanover an Outdoor Education Oasis Camp Hanover, situated on over 600 acres in Mechanicsville, Virginia, has long been a space for people of all ages seeking adventure, community, and spiritual growth. Connecting people with faith-based programs in a natural...
Why Study Religion and Science in College?
Randolph-Macon College 2025 Commencement (Credit: Randolph-Macon College)The authors are current and former students at Randolph-Macon College (RMC), Ashland, Virginia, who took a religion and science course there. In inviting them to contribute to this issue of...
Science—and Justice—in the Seminary
Over the past decade or so, Columbia Theological Seminary (CTS) has embarked on a pair of significant and institution-wide projects. One involved taking account of the seminary’s complicity in long histories of racism and injustice in the American South. Toward...
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...
Weaving Science and Faith: A Living Experiment
“Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind” – Einstein “Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control. Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals mainly with values. The two are not rivals....
Have You Read?
Science & Faith: Student Questions Explored Hannah Eagleson, ed. Hendrickson, 2019, 136 pages Reviewed by Thomas J. Carrico In the February 2025 issue of SciTech†, PASTCF Board President Arnold Rots noted that many scientific discoveries have been accidental...
Have You Read?
The Faithful Scientist: Experiences of Anti-Religious Bias in Scientific Training Christopher P. Scheitle. NYU Press, 2023. 218 pages Reviewed by Patricia H. Kelley One October afternoon in 1977, as we were dissecting specimens in our Biology of Mollusks lab, the...
Holmes Rolston III: In Memoriam
Holmes Rolston III On February 12, 2025, Holmes Rolston III passed away at age 92. He has been called the “father of environmental ethics” because of his pioneering work that led to the creation of an academic field. What is perhaps less well known is that Holmes...
