science and religion
Biology with Tibetan Buddhist monks: What I’m taking back to my college classroom from teaching at a monastery
By Daniel Pierce — April 20, 2022
(The Conversation) — Religious beliefs and modern biology sometimes seem to collide. But exploring those ideas with compassion and an open mind can lead to deeper learning across cultures.
At top universities, institutes of Catholic thought focus on science and religion
By Alejandra Molina — March 28, 2022
(RNS) — A multi-million dollar grant will support a new three-year plan for creating a national network of independent institutes of Catholic thought at US universities.
Earth: One of God’s failed experiments?
By Thomas Reese — January 5, 2022
(RNS) — God gives us every chance, but we may be blowing it.
Caught between hope and despair on climate change
By Thomas Reese — November 4, 2021
(RNS) — One source of hope is religious leaders’ almost unanimous support for taking action.
Many scientists are atheists, but that doesn’t mean they are anti-religious
By Elaine Howard Ecklund and David R. Johnson — November 2, 2021
(The Conversation) — Two sociologists conducted interviews with atheist scientists and found that their views on religion are not as strident as the public perceives. Some even go to church.
Is magic immoral? It played a role in the development of early Christianity
By Shaily Shashikant Patel — April 14, 2021
(The Conversation) — Early Christians worked to distinguish the miracles of Jesus from the magic of local sorcerers.
NIH Director Francis Collins on why Christians must reconcile with science
By Yonat Shimron — April 1, 2019
(RNS) — The head of the National Institutes of Health has star power among a segment of evangelicals who are eager for a nuanced approach to science — one that accepts evolution and also regards the Bible as the ultimate source of authority.
Dartmouth physicist, known for doubting skeptics, wins 2019 Templeton Prize
By Chris Herlinger — March 19, 2019
(RNS) — Gleiser, the first Latin American to win the award honoring contributions to "affirming life’s spiritual dimension," describes himself as an agnostic but is an avowed critic of atheism.
An atheist philosopher leaves the door open to religion’s power
By Yonat Shimron — August 1, 2018
CHICAGO (RNS) — Asma argues that religion is an emotional survival toolbox that resides in the limbic brain, headquarters of human emotions as true as love, or grief or fear.
Evangelicals’ surprising view of science and what it may mean
By guest — January 2, 2018
(RNS) — A new book finds many religious Americans are quite willing to try to reconcile their starting assumptions about God with any scientific claims presented to them. (COMMENTARY)
Can empathy be learned? Science offers some clues
By Rosalie Chan — October 24, 2017
(RNS) — Researchers say empathy is not only a biological instinct, but also a skill human beings can learn and improve upon.
Scientists, theologians ponder if latest biological findings are more compatible with religion
By Tom Heneghan — July 28, 2017
OXFORD, England (RNS) — Exciting progress in biology in recent decades may be building up a third new phase in the scientific explanation of life, according to thinkers gathered at a University of Oxford conference last week.
Faith and the cosmos: An astrophysicist fields the big questions
By Lauren Markoe — July 13, 2017
(RNS) 'I have my own personal rule, which is I never, ever tell people what to believe. And I never, ever tell people they’re wrong,' says Paul M. Sutter, an astrophysicist who fields questions from the public — some of them religious — on the cosmos.
Dick Wilcock of Bowmanstown, PA won our $50 Amazon Gift Card for last week’s RNS reader survey
By Tom Gallagher — April 24, 2017
Thanks to everyone who participated in the survey. RNS is just starting a two-year reporting series on how science and religion intertwine to shine new light on the big questions of purpose and reality. Be sure to read The Slingshot and visit religionnews.com to catch the latest stories in our series.
Science, religion, humanism, STEM — and a child’s imagination
By Rachel Marie Stone — August 4, 2014
Science and the humanities -- including religion -- should not be pitted against each other in our kids' education.
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