{"id":25088,"date":"2015-01-30T17:15:37","date_gmt":"2015-01-30T22:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/?p=25088"},"modified":"2015-01-30T17:58:33","modified_gmt":"2015-01-30T22:58:33","slug":"january-30-2015-science-seminaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2015\/01\/30\/january-30-2015-science-seminaries\/25088\/","title":{"rendered":" Science for Seminaries"},"content":{"rendered":"

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is offering two-year grants to ten seminaries that incorporate more science into the teaching of theology and religious studies. The effort raises debate about the age-old tension between science and religion, but the purpose of the project is to educate more effective ministers and religious thinkers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“If our earth is not the only inhabitable world, what does that imply?” asks Dr. Jennifer Wiseman, director of the Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion at the American Association for the Advancement of Science. \u201cThat\u2019s an exciting question and the kind of thing I hope will be discussed with joy in these institutions.\u201d More →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":25148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6569],"tags":[9919,9918,476,652,986,17853,7485],"class_list":["post-25088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videocast","tag-creation-museum","tag-creationism","tag-evolution","tag-neuroscience","tag-science","tag-scopes-trial","tag-seminary","topics-science-and-technology"],"yoast_head":"\nJanuary 30, 2015 ~ Science for Seminaries | January 30, 2015 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly 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