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It is the divine page that you must listen to; it is the book of the universe that you must observe. The pages of Scripture can only be read by those who know how to read and write, while everyone, even the illiterate, can read the book of the universe.”
(Augustine of Hippo, Enarrationes in Psalmos 45, 7: PL 36, 518)
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| The Interdisciplinary Documentation on Religion and Science website seeks to help scientists frame their work within a philosophical and humanistic context. It also seeks to aid people trained in theology to approach, through the humanistic reflections of scientists, the rationale of scientific activity. The website presents an ample anthology of selected documents and also offers, in a separate section, the Interdisciplinary Encyclopedia of Religion and Science (ISSN: 2037-2329), a dynamic, online-only database. The Interdisciplinary Documentation on Religion and Science website is a nonprofit project associated with the Chair of Fundamental Theology at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, Italy. |
May 17
| On this day in history in 1749, Edward Jenner was born in Berkeley. He was the first physician to conceive of, and experiment with, the smallpox vaccine. After realizing farmers who contracted cowpox were immune to smallpox, he removed pus from a cowpox blister and inoculated an eight-year-old boy with it. Soon after he exposed the boy to the smallpox virus, and the boy did not become ill as many expected he would. Even though the nature of the experiment could be criticized as unscientific, as well as for the ethical problems it raised, following it, the practice of vaccination spread rapidly through the world. |
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 In order to make certain documents better known in the scientific community, the Anthology and Documents section provides key materials for study and reflection concerning the dialogue among science, philosophy, and theology. It includes scientists’ essays, masterpieces on the history of science, works of philosophers and theologians, and documents from ancient, medieval, and Renaissance authors, as well as Sacred Scripture and official documents of the Catholic Church and other Christian churches. |
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