Diploma in
«Science and Faith»

PROGRAM DIRECTORS

Rafael Pascual, Faculty of Philosophy

Pedro Barrajón, Faculty of Theology

1. PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The Diploma in Science and Faith offers a competent scientific-cultural approach to the urgent problems concerning the relationship between science and faith.

To this end, it brings together experts and resources from the Athenaeum’s three faculties, philosophy, theology, and the new faculty of bioethics, as well as the direct participation of renowned guest speakers, professors, and scientists. The lectures, conferences, seminars and site visits integrate perspectives provided by the most up-to-date scientific research, thereby granting a uniquely well-rounded vision of the relationship between science and faith.

The program addresses both the principal theoretical and practical questions currently raised by the natural sciences, and also their concrete applications and consequences in social, cultural and political life.

The program is designed for students with a bachelors degree in philosophy or theology, or professionals who have received other university or religious studies degrees, e.g. high school teachers, religion instructors, catechists, pastoral workers, scientific journalists, etc.

The program is offered in a cyclic 2-year mode, which makes it possible for students to register at the start of any semester. Each semester of the cycle includes a four-hour afternoon session every week, plus some additional activities. A diploma attesting to the specialization in the area of science and faith is awarded upon completion of the 2-year cycle.

Further information is available in the Athenaeum’s Annual Study Program, on the Athenaeum’s website www.upra.org.

2. ANNUAL PROGRAMS

• Year A (2002/03, 2004/05, …):
  Courses: Science, Philosophy and Theology – Is Dialogue Possible? (two-semester course)
  Conference Series: Scientists and Believers, Evolution and Creation, Philosophy’s Role in Mediating Between Science and Faith, Creation and the Scientific Theory of the Origin of the Universe
• Year B (2003/04, 2005/06, …):
  Courses: Science and Religion, History of the Relationship Between Science and Religion in Modern Philosophy
  Conference Series: Miracles, The Foundations of Matter, The Mind-Body Relation and Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology and Bioethical Issues
  

  
  3. Professors

Juan Arana (Seville), Pedro Barrajón (Rome), Gianfranco Basti (Rome), Gianni Brenci (Rome), Georges Cottier (Rome), Anne Dambricourt (Paris), Fiorenzo Facchini (Bologna), Ludovico Galleni (Pisa), Paul Haffner (Rome), Georg Hülsenbeck (Rome), Peter Hodgson (Oxford), Stanley L. Jaki (New Jersey), Dominique Lambert (Namur), Rafael Pascual (Rome), Vittorio Possenti (Venice), Leopoldo Prieto (Rome), Giovanni Prosperi (Milan), Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo (Rome), Angelo Serra (Rome), Jean Staune (Paris), Guido Traversa (Rome), Piero Viotto (Milan), and others...