Institute of Religion, Science and Social Studies

Lecture: Cultural Ethos, Spirituality and Science By Prof. Jiang Sheng

On Mar. 10^th, invited by the organizer of serial lectures “Panorama of Humanities”, Professor Jiang Sheng gave teachers and student of SDU a lecture titled “Cultural Ethos, Spirituality and Science”.

Prof. Jiang’s lecture consists of three parts: “Traditional Culture: Fertile Basis of Ancient Science”, “Religious Belief: A Method of Exploration of Universe”, “Orientation of Our Culture: Reconstructive and Creative”.

Professor Jiang analyzed the relation between culture and science and elucidated the fundamental function of culture in evolution of science, focusing on the internal kernel of Taoism. He supported the opinion that our civilization will be in existence with his new evidences. The Shandong University Weekly commented: “At the start of new scientific epoch, the lecture of Professor Jiang, should not be merely taken as a clarification on concepts of Culture and Science”, more instructs us to meditate the questions “what orientation will be our civilization choose” and “how to refresh our science”.