Six sub-topics, one argument: what happens to Christian belief when knowledge is built on evidence and reason. Evidence & reason · the discoveries · science & ethics · the challenge to belief · Polkinghorne · genetic engineering.
When science explains the world by evidence and reason, how much room is left for God — and what kind of God survives?
Every debate in this unit lines up on one axis — from science alone decides to faith is untouched. Pick a sub-topic, then tap a position to see what it claims and where it is strong or weak.
Tap a circle — or use Tab and Enter — to explore each position.
Top answers don't treat the six sub-topics separately. Three ideas run through all of them — spot the thread and you're writing at the top of the mark scheme.
A being inside the world can be crowded out by explanation; Being-itself cannot. Almost every argument here turns on which one you mean.
Falsification, fine-tuning, religious experience, scripture. Each sub-topic asks whether faith may argue from evidence — or must live without it.
Rahner and Fletcher adapt; creationism refuses. The same choice returns for evolution, for ethics and for genetic engineering.
The unit splits into six debates. They look different, but each is really asking how much room scientific explanation leaves for God.
If knowledge must rest on evidence and reason, where does that leave faith?
Do the great discoveries dismantle Christian belief — or describe how God creates?
Science keeps widening what CAN be done — can Christian ethics keep deciding what SHOULD be done?
When science explains, does God shrink — and what kind of God survives?
Does Polkinghorne PROVE science and Christianity are compatible — or only that a scientist can believe?
Healing, improving, redesigning — where must a Christian draw the line on genetic engineering?
Everything for this unit, in one place. Teach order per sub-topic: lesson deck → podcast while completing the booklet → review lesson → the Companion.
Teacher: paste your SharePoint share links into the LINKS object near the bottom of this file. Buttons stay greyed out until a link is set.
Use your resources in this order. The Philosopher Companion is where you learn to plan both question types.
One podcast per sub-topic — a teacher and student talk each position through to a judgement. Annotate as you listen.
Read the given text, write the key claims in your own words, then decide the strength and weakness you'd give each position.
In the Companion: match each term to its meaning, then use it in a sentence. RAG-rate the mastery checklist with the three faces.
Use the Companion frameworks and the guidance-left / your-turn-right scaffolds. Never evaluate what you haven't first explained.
A full review of Christianity and Science — all six sub-topics in one go. Best watched before you start revising, then again to check your recall.
Teacher: paste the YouTube link in the VIDEO_URL line near the bottom of this file. The player then appears here automatically.
Sixty cards. Flip one to check yourself. Switch between key terms (term → meaning) and positions (position → claim, strength & weakness), and filter by sub-topic. The same set prints as fold-over cards from the PDF above.