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SUMMARY:Science and the Contemplative Life - Dr Pui Him Ip
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DESCRIPTION:Monks contemplate. Philosophers contemplate. But do scientists
  contemplate? And should scientists contemplate? This seminar introduces a
 nd motivates three core questions underlying the new Faraday Institute Res
 earch Hub on ‘Science as a Contemplative Activity’ launched in April 2
 025. First\, why should science return to its contemplative roots today? S
 econd\, how did early Christians situate the study of nature within their 
 account of human spiritual progress? Third\, what might it look like to co
 ntemplate in a contemporary scientific context? I will illustrate how our 
 Research Hub in addressing these questions will bring together theological
  and philosophical accounts of modernity\, early Christian reflections on 
 spiritual progress\, and contemporary sociological study of natural scient
 ists\, to develop a renewed understanding of science as a contemplative ac
 tivity.
LOCATION:Shasha Suite\, Woolf Building\, Westminster College
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