PAUL HENRY CARR
RELIGION AND HUMANITIES
EXPERIENCE:
1998-2000 -Taught Philosophy Course 45.357,
"Science & Religion: Cosmos to Consciousness" at University of Massachusetts Lowell
-Board Member: Faith & Science Exchange (F&SE); North American Paul Tillich Society
-Member: IRAS, ASA, AAR, Thoreau Society, Order of St. Luke the Physician
1970-2002 -Bedford,MA First Church of Christ, Congregational (UCC),
-Discussion Group Leader, "GOD AND SCIENCE: Must We Choose?"
-Deacon, Summer Preacher, Delegate, and Sunday School,
& Youth Group teacher.
GRANTS FROM THE JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION:
1997 Grant for course "Science and Religion: Cosmos to Consciousness"
1999 Grant ID#978 for Session at the International Paul Tillich Society
Conference,New Harmony, IN:
"Science and Religion at the Dawn of the 3rd Millennium."
1999 Science and Religon Course Development Grant
PUBLICATIONS:
"Science and Religon: Original Unity and the Courage to Create"
Published in "ZYGON: Journal of Religion and Science," vol 36. pp 255-259,
(June 2001) and
"Religion in the New Millennium: Theology in the Spirit of Paul Tillich,"
pp 313-317, (Mercier University Press 2001)
EDUCATION and BACKGROUND:
1935-49 Son of Methodist-Episcopal Minister: pastorates in Vermont, Ipswich, & Woburn, MA
1949-53 Boston Latin School: ancient history, Latin, French, & German.
1953-57 Eight humanities courses required for B. S. at MIT including
H73 & H74 Science and Philosophy under Prof. Giorgio de Santillana
1957-60 Harvard University Courses: Hum. 125: Introduction to the New Testament &
Hum 126: New Testament Thought and the Mind of Today, Prof. George Buttrick
Hum 127a. Religion, the Arts, and the Sciences, University Professor Paul Tillich.
69,95-02 Institute of Religion in an Age of Science Conference, Star Island, Portsmouth, NH
1991-92 Boston College: Teilhardian Retreat for Scientists and Engineers, Prof. J. Skehan, S.J.
1993-94 Boston College: 24-Week Retreat on St.Ignatius of Lyola, Prof. James Skehan. S.J.
1993,97 ISRAEL: Scientific Liaison for R&D Cooperation, 93; Gordon College Pilgrimage, 97
1995 Andover Newton Theological School: Evangelizing the Intelligentsia, Prof. Handspicker
1996-97 Boston University Theological School: Tillich’s Theological System, Prof. Sharon Burch
1996-98 Templeton Science & Religion Workshops: Tallahassee-Jan.96, 99; Gordon College-Jun. 96,
Berkeley-Jan. 97, Chicago-Jun 97, MIT- Jun. 98, June 99; Montreal, June
01, Harvard U., June 02
REVIEWS: Published in F&SE Newsletter and available at http://paulcarr.home.attbi.com
Aug 1997 REDISCOVERING COSMOS: Science, Religion, &.. Integrity , Syracuse University
Dec 1887 CAN SCIENCE EXPLAIN INTENTIONALITY?, Boston University
April 1998 IDENTITY, FORMATION, DIGNITY: Implications of AI on Personhood, MIT
May 98 SCIENCE AND FAITH AT MILLENNIUM'S END, Andover Newton Theological Sch.
June 98 PERSPECTIVES ON EVOLUTION, Templeton Boston S & R Workshop, MIT
Mar 99 ISLAMIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO MODERN SCIENTIFIC METHODS, Wayland
March 2000: SPIRITUALITY AND HEALTH CONFERENCE
October 2001, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, SCIENCE & THE SPIRITUAL QUEST
PRESENTATIONS:
"IMAGES OF SCIENCE: Mandalas for the Sacred" Workshop, Institute of Religion
in an
Age of Science (IRAS) Conference, Star Island, Portsmouth,
NH ( 30 July 1998)
-IRAS Discussion Group, Unitarian Church, Arlington, MA,
(13 November 1998)
-IRAS Discussion Group Unitarian Church, Reading, MA (2
March 1999)
"CREATIVITY AND COURAGE IN SCIENCE AND RELGION,"
Philosophy Department Honors Colloquium, University of Massachusetts Lowell,
Lowell, MA, (7 December 1998)
"THE PRESENCE OF GOD IN THE EARLY UNIVERSE: Wonder and Awe from Hubble Telescope Photograph of Galaxies 12 B lightyears away, "Connecting Rivers of Faith: Student Conference and Multi-faith Celebration," U. Mass Lowell, (7 Apr 1999) After this talk the mother of a student applauded my efforts to reunite science and religion from the fragmentation and compartmentalization.
"CAN THE BIBLE BE RECONCILED WITH SCIENCE?
Creation, Cosmology, Conscience, and Challenge,"
Massachusetts Conference United Church of Chirst, 200th Anniversary
Celebration, 1799-1999,
Worcester Centrum, (25 April 1999)
Ninety people attended this talk with more on the waiting list.
-Repeated at the Universalist Unitarian Church, Waltham, MA (25 October
1999)
-First Church of Christ Congregational, Bedford, MA (4 March 2000)
"SCIENCE AND RELIGION: Original Unity and Courage to Create," (19 June
1999)
I organized the session "Science and Religion at the Dawn of the 3rd
Millennium," at the International Paul Tillich Society Conference, New Harmony,
IN and obtained support from the John Templeton Foundation through grant ID#978
‘’THEOLOGIAN PAUL TILLICH’S PERSPECTIVES ON SCIENCE & RELIGION
Workshop, Institute of Religion in an Age of Science Conference,
Star Island, Portsmouth, NH (6 Aug 1999)
-Repeated at The Science and Religion Discussion Group of Reading,
Unitarian Universalist Church, Reading, (1/11/2000)
-Repeated at Science & Religion Discussion Group, Unitarian Church,
Arlington, MA, 5/19/2000)
-Repeated at the Universalist Unitarian Church, Waltham, MA (16 October
2000)
"THE SPIRITUAL SITUATION IN OUR TECHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY"
-Workshop, Institute of Religion in an Age of Science Conference,
Star Island, Portsmouth, NH (29 July 2001)
-Repeated at Science & Religion Discussion Group, Unitarian Church,
Arlington, MA, 9/21/01
"THE POWER OF SCIENCE AND SPIRITUAL VALUES"
-First Church of Christ Congregational, 25 November 2001
"NATURE: FINDING WHAT IS OURS"
-Workshop, Institute of Religion in an Age of Science Conference,
Star Island, Portsmouth, NH (31 July 2002)
"DOES GOD PLAY DICE? ARE THEY LOADED?
- Templeton Sciene and Religion Workshop, Montreal, Canada (June 2001)
- Trinity Episcopal Church, Concord, MA (9 March 2003)