Does Science Need God? Q&A

Key stage

Post-16

Subject

Religious Education

Collection

Special events

Format

Video , PDF (402kb)

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Photograph of Brother Guy Consolmagno SJ & Madeleine Davies
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Overview

Watch this question and answer session featuring Brother Guy Consolmagno SJ, the Director of the Vatican Observatory and Madeline Davies of The Church Times. Questions on the relationship between science and faith were submitted by A level RS students, after watching a pre-recorded lecture by Brother Guy.

Download the accompanying teachers’ notes document, including a full transcript, information about the speaker and the event, plus a list of follow-up questions to spark further discussion.

This question and answer session was recorded during the online event “Does Science Need God?” on 14th October 2020. Please note that all opinions are of the individuals speaking and do not represent the views of Westminster Abbey.

Curriculum links

Themes covered in this lecture are aligned to:

OCR

  • The Challenge of Secularism

AQA

  • Christianity and Science

Edexcel

  • Science and Secularisation
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