SCIENTIFIC AND RELIGIOUS WORLDVIEWS: ANTAGONISM, NON-ANTAGONISTIC INCOMMENSURABILITY AND COMPLEMENTARITY

This article reviews three basic ways in which the relationship between Abrahamic religion and science has been construed: as fundamentally antagonistic; as non-antagonistically incommensurable; and as complementary. Unfortunately, while each construal seems to offer benefits to the religious believ...

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Main Author: Harrison, Victoria ca. 20./21. Jh. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2006
In: Heythrop journal
Year: 2006, Volume: 47, Issue: 3, Pages: 349-366
Online Access: Presumably Free Access
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Summary:This article reviews three basic ways in which the relationship between Abrahamic religion and science has been construed: as fundamentally antagonistic; as non-antagonistically incommensurable; and as complementary. Unfortunately, while each construal seems to offer benefits to the religious believer, none, as the article demonstrates, is without considerable cost.
ISSN:1468-2265
Contains:Enthalten in: Heythrop journal
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2265.2006.00290.x