As the West becomes more and more secular, and the discoveries of evolutionary biology and cosmology shrink the boundaries of faith, the claims that science and religion are compatible grow louder. If ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Though they both attempt to explain the world, religion and science are essentially opposites.

War makes unexpected bedfellows in heaven as well as on earth. Because totalitarian thinking threatens U. S. democracy as much as totalitarian force, front-rank scientists and philosophers gathered ...

Many of America’s cultural battles in recent decades seem to be face-offs between science and faith: over the teaching of evolution, the reality of climate change, the value of stem cell research, the ...

“Mr. D, how can you be religious if you are a physics teacher? Can’t you not be religious and scientific at the same time?” As a high school physics teacher, my students already know that I love ...

For centuries science and religion have been seen as rivals but the reality is far more complex than simple conflict.

I haven’t blogged here for a while, but am back today with the intent of breathing some new life into ‘From Darwin to Eternity.’ Over the past several months I’ve become increasingly interested in a ...

The study of the psychology of religion has become a domain of active research following the pioneering work of psychologist and philosopher William James, whose book The Varieties of Religious ...

For centuries there has been tension—in churches, the academies, and the public square—between science and religion. Each makes truth claims and addresses essential questions. Science looks at the ...

When Chico State lecturer Greg Cootsona teaches his class Science and Religion, he addresses the notion that the two fields are in conflict. “I like to make sure that people understand the full ...

And, secondly, the application of scientific method to the study of religion has given us a new science, the science of comparative religion, which has profoundly changed our general views on religion ...

Do religion and science always have to be in conflict? Religion and science have had some famously messy fights, but do they always have to be in conflict? In this episode of Crash Course Religions, ...