Lectures on Science and Theology.
Historical and Philosophical Perspectives
Pontificia Università della Santa Croce
Wednesday, 15:00 - 16:45
Room Alvaro del Portillo, Ist floor
Academic Year 2026/27
October 7, 2027 – January 26, 2027
Part I: Cosmology and Theology
1. Physical Cosmology and Christian Theology of Creation, October 7, 2026
See also:
G. Tanzella-Nitti, Physical Cosmology and Christian Theology of Creation, in F. Merlini, R. Bernardini (edd.), The World and its Shadow, Eranos Yearbook 2015-2016 (Einsiedeln: Daimon Verlag, 2017), 538-562.
G. Tanzella-Nitti, Creation (2024), INTERS - Interdisciplinary Encyclopedia of Religion and Science
G. Tanzella-Nitti, "Nature as creation. Science and Theology on the Ultimate Questions," in Idem, Faith, Reason and the Natural Sciences. The Challenge of the Natural Sciences in the Work of Theologians (Aurora CO: The Davies Group, 2009), 27-54.
2. The Christological Dimension of the Cosmos, October 14, 2026
See also:
G. Tanzella-Nitti, Jesus Christ. Incarnation and Doctrine of Logos (2008), INTERS - Interdisciplinary Encyclopedia of Religion and Science
G. Tanzella-Nitti, "Nature as creation. Science and Theology on the Ultimate Questions," in Idem, Faith, Reason and the Natural Sciences. The Challenge of the Natural Sciences in the Work of Theologians (Aurora CO: The Davies Group, 2009), 113-134.
3. The Debate on the Laws of Nature: Science, Philosophy, and Theology, October 21, 2016
See also:
G. Tanzella-Nitti, “The Aristotelian-thomistic Concept of Nature and the Contemporary Scientific Debate on the Meaning of Natural Laws,” in Acta Philosophica, 6 (1997) 237-264
G. Tanzella-Nitti, Laws of nature (2008), INTERS - Interdisciplinary Encyclopedia of Religion and Science
G. Tanzella-Nitti, "Nature as creation. Science and Theology on the Ultimate Questions," in Idem, Faith, Reason and the Natural Sciences. The Challenge of the Natural Sciences in the Work of Theologians (Aurora CO: The Davies Group, 2009), 135-169.
Academic Year 2023/2024, together with Oskari Juurikkala
download the Program and the Istructions for the Exam
download the Flyer and the Calendar
Read abstracts and look at the Suggested Readings for each session
Download the slides of Lecture 1. Is Scientific Knowledge Relevant to Theology? The Influence of Contemporary Scientific World-View on the Work of Theologians
Download the slides of Lecture 2. Is the notion of God meaningful to Scientific Culture? The Openness of Science to the Quest for Truth and Meaning
Download the slides of Lecture 3. Physical Cosmology and Christian Theology of Creation
Download the slides of Lecture 4. The Christological Dimension of the Cosmos
Download the slides of Lecture 5. The Debate on the Laws of Nature: Science, Philosophy and Theology
Download the slides of Lecture 6. Life in the Universe: Scientific and Theological Perspectives
Download the slides of Lecture 7. The Place of the Human Being in the Cosmos. Unexpected Insights from the Anthropic Principle
Download the slides of Lecture 8: The Book of Nature. Foundation and History
Download the slides of Lecture 9: The Book of Nature between natural knowledge of God and God’s Revelation
Download the slides of Lecture 10: Beauty and Wonder in Nature and Science
Download the slides of Lecture 11: Purpose in Nature? The Moral Dimension of the Book of Nature