RELIGION AND SCIENCE

Religion and Science

Religion and Science

There is a new spirit and attitude regarding the relationship between science and religion. Today, more and more scholars, including leading scientists, theologians, and philosophers are characterizing the relationship as complementary and interactive. This positive, complementary, and interactive view has not always been the dominant view. In fact, throughout most of history, two alternative views have prevailed (McGrath, 1998). The first view, more ancient, conflated science and religion such that the two were indistinguishable. We see this in the medieval designation of theology as the “queen of the sciences.” We see this even more ...