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"It was no accident that his opening lines evoked the same sense of primitive wonder as the opening lines of Genesis, according to a new research paper. Presenting science in the rhetorical garb of religion is an effective trick that has been recently repeated in the documentary’s remake, Cosmos: a Spacetime Odyssey, hosted by the American astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.
Both programs illustrate just how deeply modern science has been “enchanted” by religion, according to research presented at the recent Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences in Regina. Popularizers of science borrow religion’s ancient tools of awe, reverence, and wonder to pitch to a younger generation that has largely abandoned organized religion, but still yearns for deeper meaning."
"There is a flip side to discussing religion on scientific grounds, and that is discussing science on religious grounds. This is what Nairn has identified as a modern intellectual trend, in which Cosmos and its remake are the shining examples.
“Cosmos is more than a science education show, it is more than a historical artefact, it is more than a legacy of a man: it is prophecy, it is revelation, it is a worldview. A perspective on science, the human story, and life,” Nairn writes. “It blurs the seemingly hard line that exists between what science is and what religion does.”"
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"It was no accident that his opening lines evoked the same sense of primitive wonder as the opening lines of Genesis, according to a new research paper. Presenting science in the rhetorical garb of religion is an effective trick that has been recently repeated in the documentary’s remake, Cosmos: a Spacetime Odyssey, hosted by the American astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.
Both programs illustrate just how deeply modern science has been “enchanted” by religion, according to research presented at the recent Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences in Regina. Popularizers of science borrow religion’s ancient tools of awe, reverence, and wonder to pitch to a younger generation that has largely abandoned organized religion, but still yearns for deeper meaning."
"There is a flip side to discussing religion on scientific grounds, and that is discussing science on religious grounds. This is what Nairn has identified as a modern intellectual trend, in which Cosmos and its remake are the shining examples.
“Cosmos is more than a science education show, it is more than a historical artefact, it is more than a legacy of a man: it is prophecy, it is revelation, it is a worldview. A perspective on science, the human story, and life,” Nairn writes. “It blurs the seemingly hard line that exists between what science is and what religion does.”"
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