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4.5 Christian Response to Science and Technology
Christian Religious Education · Grade 10 · 6 lessons in the design
What this covers
- Skill, wisdom and invention as gifts of God
- The role of modern science and technology in advancing Christianity
- A framework for evaluating any technology
- Christian views on euthanasia
- Christian views on cosmetic plastic surgery
- Christian views on other issues raised by modern science and technology
What you will be able to do
- explain the role of modern science and technology in advancing Christianity
- discuss Christian views on issues related to modern science and technology
Key questions
“How has modern science and technology helped the spread of Christianity?”
“How should a Christian decide whether a new technology should be used?”
Lessons
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Skill as God's gift, and how technology has advanced Christianity
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizWhat scripture says about human skill and invention, and the ways science and technology have carried the Christian message - with the costs stated honestly.
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Christian views on euthanasia, cosmetic surgery and other modern issues
40 min · 2 practice tasks · quizA framework for judging any technology, then the Christian arguments on euthanasia, cosmetic plastic surgery and the other questions modern science raises.
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Evaluating everyday digital tools
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizThe nine-question framework applied to phones, social media, online worship and schoolwork, so the method is used rather than only listed.
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Care of the dying in practice
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizWhy the Christian no to euthanasia is only honest if visiting, pain control and hospice care are actually given.
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Body, image, surgery and human dignity
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizReconstructive surgery as healing, cosmetic change judged by motive, and Kenyan pressures around appearance including skin lightening.
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Frontiers of science, and devising an innovation that serves
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizChristian views on organs, IVF, genetics and related issues, then the curriculum task: design a use of technology that improves lives and test it.