Religion and science have a reputation for conflict. Religious institutions have long viewed scientific observation and discovery as threats to their authority, and the scientific community has long ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. McGill Desautels Faculty professor covering leadership and strategy. The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has triggered conflicting ...

Classroom in Simboli Hall, home of the School of Theology and Ministry. (Photo by Gary Wayne Gilbert) The Boston College School of Theology and Ministry has been selected to participate in the Science ...

I tend to agree with Charles Darwin. Why should his theories shock the religious feelings of anyone? Why should any conflict exist between science and religion? Steve Bunk's Perspective article "Is ...

In a column on “every other kind of truth,” I distinguished between theological truth and every other kind of truth. The methods of arriving at each kind of truth are different, but the two kinds of ...

My impression is that scientists are as likely to be religious believers as any other section of the community. Nevertheless there is a feeling abroad that somehow science and religion are opposed to ...

Many people think that science is just another religion, no better than their own. Their reasoning is apparently something along these lines: “Beliefs about the unseen world are based entirely on ...

Though they both attempt to explain the world, religion and science are essentially opposites. Science relies on testable empirical evidence, while religion is subjective, meaning any “evidence” ...

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 ...

Regarding your front-page article (“‘Intelligent Design’ Goes on Trial in Pa.,” Oct. 5, 2005), it should be noted that evolution is the only scientific and nonreligious explanation for the existence ...

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 ...