Dialogue between Science and Religion in Greece at the second half of the 20th century: the impact on education and teaching of Natural Sciences

1. Entity type Lemma
2. Original titleΔιάλογος επιστήμης και θρησκείας στην Ελλάδα στο δεύτερο μισό του 20ού αιώνα: η επίδραση στην εκπαίδευση κα ιδιδασκαλία των φυσικών επιστημών
3. Language term Greek, Modern (1453-)
4. lemma author Katsiampoura, Gianna
5. lemma category Education, Science and Orthodoxy
6. Publication date 30-1-2017
7. lemma work Papandreou Athena [Author]. Διάλογος επιστήμης και θρησκείας στην Ελλάδα στο δεύτερο μισό του 20ού αιώνα: η επίδραση στην εκπαίδευση και διδασκαλία των φυσικών επιστημών (Dialogue between Science and Religion in Greece at the second half of the 20th century: the impact on education and teaching of Natural Sciences)
8. lemma manifestations Διάλογος επιστήμης και θρησκείας στην Ελλάδα στο δεύτερο μισό του 20ού αιώνα: η επίδραση στην εκπαίδευση και διδασκαλία των φυσικών επιστημών (Dialogue between Science and Religion in Greece at the second half of the 20th century: the impact on education and teaching of Natural Sciences) - Patrai: Greek Open University, 2015.
9. Keywords Secular education - Greece - Natural sciences - Evolution
10. Citations
    1. Papandreou, Athena (2015),Διάλογος επιστήμης και θρησκείας στην Ελλάδα στο δεύτερο μισό του 20ού αιώνα: η επίδραση στην εκπαίδευση και διδασκαλία των φυσικών επιστημών (Dialogue between Science and Religion in Greece at the second half of the 20th century: the impact on education and teaching of Natural Sciences) - Patrai: Greek Open University, 2015.
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    1. The goal of this study is to delineate the relationship between Science and Religion in the second half of the 20th century in Greece, and especially to demonstrate how this relationship projects onto the educational landscape. Pointing out this relational content may shed some light on queries such as how and why scientific theories get transformed into school knowledge. The period in discussion consists of a turbulent era of the Greek history, with Church playing a key role not only in politics in general, but also in the educational policymaking. As far as the relationship with Science is concerned, and as depicted in primary sources, Church fails to demonstrate a uniform stance. Its official voice is absent, while several organizations seem to speak on its behalf though their journals. In the latter, one may recognize all trends described in relevant literature (conflict, isolation, integration). The sole case when Church officially expressed an opinion through the Holy Synod, is the condemnation of the theory of evolution, with the occasion of its teaching in the book of L. Stavrianos (1984). This specific case study is obviously a conflict between Science and Religion. Another characteristic that arises through the studying of the primary sources, is that the attack that Science suffers is spacious. The main target is not the content of the new theories, but their materialistic and Marxist background. The facts traced in the history of education, and especially in the attitude against the teaching of Natural Sciences, their position and their content, justify the characterization of the relational model between Science and Religion as confrontational. Throughout the complete period under discussion, teaching of Natural Sciences remains degraded. Reason for this degradation seems to be the phobic trend against scientific achievements that could seriously set the Christian Perception into doubt.