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Reflection: Lutherans’ Reading of Copernicus

Tuesday, September 18th, 2012

by Jindan Chen* Following the study in my spring course of Science and Religion, I spent part of my summer researching how the Copernican theory was first read by the Lutheran scholars at the University of Wittenberg (the University of Martin Luther) during the sixteenth century. Robert Westman’s 1973 article captures the nature of this reading [...]

Reflection: And God said “No”

Friday, March 2nd, 2012

by Tracy Jamison* Mark Lynas is an optimist. On February 29th, Mr. Lynas lectured here at OSU at LaSells Stewart Center on his book, The God Species. According to Mr. Lynas, humans are a God species and consequently we have to “run the planet as if we were gods”. Not the kind of Gods found [...]

Natural and Supernatural Healing

Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

Congratulations to Gary B. Ferngren on being named Sandy and Elva Sanders Eminent Professor for 2011, in recognition of his many contributions to historical scholarship and teaching through the University Honors College.  This timely acknowledgment coincides with the publication of a major work on the history of science and medicine in the Ancient world. Ferngren’s [...]

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