Outline of Foundational Theology Weeks 1-2

Lecture Outlines (Weeks 1 &2) Week 1: Belief & Unbelief—¶ 198-231 (CCC); pp. 205-223 (McBrien) Other Religions; Agnosticism, Atheism, Theism; Pantheism, Monotheism, Panentheism Various Modes of Belief: Deism: Theism: Polytheism: Pantheism: Panentheism: Monotheism: Various Modes of Unbelief: Atheism: Agnosticism: Secular Humanism: Week 2: Revelation & Science—pp.227-270 (McBrien) Evolution vs. Creationism; Carl Sagan; Copernicus; Galileo; The Battle of Religion and Science: “Fides quaerens intellectum.” St. Bonaventure: "reading without repentance,knowledge without devotion,research without the impulse of wonder,prudence without the ability to surrender to joy,action divorced from religion,learning sundered from love,intelligence without humility,study unsustained by divine grace,thought without the wisdom inspired of God." Revelation: Science: The realm of empirical reason. “Heroes of Science, Enemies of the Church!” Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543): Galileo Galilei (1564-1642): Creationism v. Evolution: Creationism: Evolution: First proposed by Charles Darwin (1809-1882) in The Origin of the Species.