Comments on: The pope, Feyerabend and Galileo http://ragesoss.com/blog/2008/01/29/the-pope-feyerabend-and-galileo/ assorted blogging by Sage Ross Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:33:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Sage http://ragesoss.com/blog/2008/01/29/the-pope-feyerabend-and-galileo/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Sage Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:08:00 +0000 http://ragesoss.com/blog/?p=102#comment-79 Interesting.<br/><br/>Of course, trying to apply this model to science-religion issues gets tricky, since de-escalation can mean ceding authoritty, e.g., the Church's authority over the sanctity of embryonic life. For an institution that is built on being a small-c catholic source of spiritual/moral authority, living in an increasingly pluralistic society, some of this conflict seems unavoidable. Interesting.

Of course, trying to apply this model to science-religion issues gets tricky, since de-escalation can mean ceding authoritty, e.g., the Church’s authority over the sanctity of embryonic life. For an institution that is built on being a small-c catholic source of spiritual/moral authority, living in an increasingly pluralistic society, some of this conflict seems unavoidable.

]]> By: Moulton http://ragesoss.com/blog/2008/01/29/the-pope-feyerabend-and-galileo/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Moulton Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:25:00 +0000 http://ragesoss.com/blog/?p=102#comment-76 I would much rather see theologians compare notes with someone like Rene Girard, whose insights into the socio-cultural dynamics of competition, conflict, and violence yields a systems theoretic model that concords with the insights and teachings of the founders of the world's great religions.<br/><br/>See, for example, any of these various presentations of Girard's Model:<br/><br/><b><a HREF="http://underground.musenet.org:8080/orenda/violence.html" REL="nofollow">Thinking About Violence In Our Schools</a><br/><br/><a HREF="http://underground.musenet.org:8080/utnebury/connection.html" REL="nofollow">Cogitating About Communication In Our Connectedness</a><br/><br/><a HREF="http://underground.musenet.org:8080/orenda/mirth.html" REL="nofollow">Musing About Merriment In Our Mirthfulness</a></b> I would much rather see theologians compare notes with someone like Rene Girard, whose insights into the socio-cultural dynamics of competition, conflict, and violence yields a systems theoretic model that concords with the insights and teachings of the founders of the world’s great religions.

See, for example, any of these various presentations of Girard’s Model:

Thinking About Violence In Our Schools

Cogitating About Communication In Our Connectedness

Musing About Merriment In Our Mirthfulness

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