Document Type

Conference Presentation

Publication Date

1987

Department

Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science

Keywords

faith, perspective, mathematicians, philosophy, analysis, mathematics education

Abstract

Recent decades have witnessed the growth of a rather remarkable phenomenon: Christian mathematicians discussing the integration of their Christian faith with their mathematical work. This cannot be a totally new turn of events; Christian mathematicians have probably always reflected on this issue to some extent. But the increased number of articles and talks dealing with this matter in the past two decades indicates a new current of thought at work, particularly among Evangelical Protestant Christians. Actually, it would be more accurate to put this observation in the plural, for the trend toward relating Christianity and mathematics is not a unified movement with a single direction. Important differences in approach and treatment can be detected in the work of mathematicians interested in this topic. It is this plurality of approaches that will be the focus of this paper.

Comments

This paper was edited from a talk originally presented March 8, 1980, at the annual JUBILEE Conference in Pittsburgh, PA. A revised version also appeared as an AACS Academic Paper in 1985.

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