Religion & Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment-Zoom Talk-Dr Rietveld-Dec28

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Attend Dr James Rietveld's Zoom talk "Religion &amp; Scientific Revolution: Conflicted Worldviews, Mandate of Empiricism, Enlightenm" Dec28, 8pm

Join us for a Zoom talk with Dr. James Rietveld "Religion &amp; the Scientific Revolution: Conflict in Worldviews, the Mandate of Empiricism, and the Rational Universe of the Enlightenment " on Thursday, December 28, 8 p.m. Pay What You Wish: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/760995186087?fbclid=IwAR2Z5_2eFI0SlCSyb73secLGBDe463PuOD_84Cond-4lSlvJkb_PWXEMu7U" title="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/760995186087?fbclid=IwAR2Z5_2eFI0SlCSyb73secLGBDe463PuOD_84Cond-4lSlvJkb_PWXEMu7U">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/760995186087</a> The Renaissance, with its emphasis on the freedom of inquiry influenced not just the arts but the sciences as well. 500 years earlier, the "rational" belief held that the Earth was the center of the universe and that all the planets and even the Sun orbited it, but this idea came into question with the Scientific Revolution, along with many other beliefs. Science and Religion do not often go together, yet should, as both seek answers to questions regarding the Nature of Reality; one through belief (and sometimes a validated by mystical experience) and the other through the empirical method through observation. Yet, these two worlds began to collide in a very dramatic way between the sixteenth and eighteenth century when a series of scientists began to challenge the status quo religious and cultural beliefs. This era if often called the Scientific Revolution which eventually evolves into the Enlightenment. The titans of this age include Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), Tycho Brahe (1546-1601), Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Francis Bacon (1561-1626), Rene Descartes (1596-1650), Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), and John Locke (1632-1704). Soon the scientific world became dominated by Newtonian metaphysics and Lockean epistemology as the essential foundation to understand the universe around them. And what of religion how did Catholics and Protestants react to these new scientific advances in Western Europe? The picture is a combination of rejection, acceptance, and compromise. Also a new belief system arose at this time known as Deism, asserting that since Nature was rational, God who created Nature must also be rational. Hence, the Deity could only be reached through reason as opposed to what was considered superstition. Deism influenced many of the Founding Fathers of the United States including Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, James Monroe, John Adams, and George Washington. In this talk we will investigate this highly charged era when Religion and Science came into conflict the clash of ideals resulting in the Modern World as we known it today, where, it must be said, the clash continues. This lecture will be posted on the Dr. James Rietveld Salon Lecture You Tube channel, where you can also watch previous lectures: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@dr.jamesrietveldsalonlectu2903?fbclid=IwAR3oEvlPVKaFQs_btDBtlN7p1rLVDDc7QnfcU9SrHuK2az1oxVkjttrGhkU" title="https://www.youtube.com/@dr.jamesrietveldsalonlectu2903?fbclid=IwAR3oEvlPVKaFQs_btDBtlN7p1rLVDDc7QnfcU9SrHuK2az1oxVkjttrGhkU" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/@dr.jamesrietveldsalonlectu2903</a> Dr. James Rietveld is a professor at CSU, Fullerton and Cal Poly Pomona, CA of History, Anthropology, Religion with a PHD from Claremont School of Religion, is author of two books, and can be seen on History channel's "Crazy Rich Ancients."

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