Science & Religion Unit 1 Vocab Review

Well-tested and well-developed explanation of material realities

• Hypothesis

• Reason

• Scientific Method

• Theory

Process by which one formulates questions, carries out investigations, analyzes and interprets data, and constructs explanations on this basis

• Scientific Method

• Theology

• Complementarity

• Religion

Explanation to be tested and possibly disproved

• Theory

• Hypothesis

• Gospel

• Paradox

Ability to think clearly and come to correct answers about certain kinds of problems; capacity for wisdom

• Wisdom

• Faith

• Reason

• Theology

Principle that objects have properties that cannot be observed all at once because of the limitation of our point of view

• Faith

• Scientific Method

• Complementarity

• Paradox

“Diverse unity”; complex collection of very different things that are all connected in some real way. Sum total of all beings that are changeable and material

• Universe

• Religion

• Theology

• Reason

All-embracing understanding of reality as a whole in light of ultimate causes, especially in light of the end or goal of all things

• Wisdom

• Openness

• Faith

• Theology

Predictable patterns in the universe that can be understood and described with laws— laws that can be formulated in mathematical terms

• Paradox

• Faith

• Openness

• Order

Situation in which two seemingly irreconcilable assertions are made about a natural phenomenon

• Faith

• Complementarity

• Paradox

• Reason

Fact that the universe is characterized by a significant amount of intrinsic unpredictability

• Wisdom

• Openness

• Complementarity

• Order