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Modern western empirical science has surely been the most impressive intellectual development since the 16 th century. Religion, of course, has been around for much longer, and is presently flourishing, perhaps as never before. (True, there is the thesis of secularism, according to which science and technology, on the one hand, and religion, on the other, are inversely related: as the former waxes, the latter wanes. Recent resurgences of religion and religious belief in many parts of the world, however, cast considerable doubt on this thesis.) The relation between these two great cultural forces has been tumultuous, many-faceted, and confusing. This entry will concentrate on the relation between science and the theistic religions: Christianity, Judaism, Islam and theistic varieties of Hinduism and Buddhism, where theism is the belief that there is an all-powerful, all-knowing perfectly good immaterial person who has created the world, has created human beings ‘in his own image,’ and...
Science and religion are the two grand visions of the world, so it is important to study their relationship. This relationship can be considered from the historical, philosophical and social point of view. The nature of science and technology on one side and of religion and religiosity on the other are briefly considered. After some preliminary considerations the difference between science and ideology is established. The relationship between science and religion is considered under five categories: conflict, independence, dialogue, complementariness and integration. Inevitable conflict is rejected on historical ground, although attitudes generating conflicts are present in the religious and scientific fundamentalisms. Independence assures the necessary autonomy of each one, but it is not sufficient. Dialogue is a good and desirable relationship that will enrich both of them. Complementariness adds to the dialogue that both visions of the world are not complete in themselves, so that they need to complement each other. Integration is a more problematic proposition and several approaches have been proposed. They can be grouped into those that go from the knowledge of nature to God and from a religious position to the knowledge of nature and science. As a conclusion a fruitful dialogue is proposed which recognizes the mutual autonomy between science and religion.
The relation of science and religion, the problem of their synthesis is revisited. Taking the way from the known distribution of believers and non-believers the rationale of each group is investigated. They are evaluated on base of evidences and a new picture is suggested. The suggested picture is further cross-checked and the result that we need further research on these grounds is deduced. It is reminded that this deduction is based on the possibility of encountering the matter of “to be and not to be” twice. That this reseach needs to be bounded to the Earth, since it needs to be feasible, is also emphasized.
The relationships between ‗Science and Religion' has been a subject of continuous discussion among scholars in recent years. In the present article it has been endevoured to analyze and discussed this relationship. These two great cultural forces have multi-faceted relations which have been evolved as a historical phenomena since ages as philosophers, theologians, scientists, and others have studied them as a subject. Science and religion are complex subjects and it is very difficult to define them, however, we may define science is the observation, experimental investigation, theoretical explanation of phenomenon, activities based on the study of an object and mainly based on the facts as well as it can be proved by scientific analysis. i Science cannot be explained on the basis of supernatural phenomenon as it has no evidence. On the other hand, religion may be defined as it is a supernatural belief in which human being worships superhuman power i.e. God or goddess. Moreover, science and religion are complementary ii as science examines the natural worldscientifically, iii while religion involves to the spiritual as well as a supernatural phenomenon. Science and religion have their own individually and importance as they deal with several different aspects of human activities and experience. Science is rational as it deals with the facts, experiment, observation and proved to be true through experiments. iv Some scientists consider that things happen naturally, some do not consider the existence of Gods or Goddesses and others opine that one or more deities exist, but they do not interfere with nature. On the other hand, religion deals with faith and beliefs. There are approximately 270 large religious groups and thousands of smaller groups in existence in the world as well as there are more than one thousand Christian religious organizations only which are operative in the U. S. A. and Canada. All these religious groups have different conflicting beliefs pertaining Gods, deity, humanity and the rest of the universe. Some religious groups consider themselves completely true, others believe that their faith in humanity was revealed by God Himself in the form of holy books as well as some religious groups consider that all religions are man made other than their own religion. Each religion has some enthusiastic followers who claim that only their faith is correct and according to them it would explain vividly the ways of the world. Most religions consider that they have been taught the absolute truth by God through revelation. Religious faiths involve in myths, traditions and the existence of supernatural powers or entities, and in their beliefs, there is an absence of rationality and logic or scientific experimentalism. Science and religion are involved continuously for centuries in heated debates for domination about discerning the secret of life. Science accepts reasoning, phenomenalism and evidence, on the other hand, religions include faith, belief, holiness, revelation and philosophical as well as supernatural explanations regarding the study of the secrets of the universe. Science and religion are dynamic and timeless as they are complex cultural endeavors which have been transforming through the ages. v Traditional religious societies achieved maximum scientific and technical inventive conceptions anterior to the Renaissance. Islam, Christians, Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, and Confucian scholars were the pioneers to use innovative scientific methods. Hinduism has historically adopted reasoning as well as experimentation to make scientific
MCDSARE: 2020 International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on the Dialogue between Sciences & Arts, Religion & Education, 2020
For centuries, science was considered as something radically different from religion. Yet, the foundations of true science are deeply religious in nature. This paper seeks to show how religion is the only foundation needed for the formulation of scientific theories, since it provides the core principles on which the building of exact sciences is based upon. Our need to understand the cosmos and our faith in us being able to do so, are the main prerequisites for conducting science; prerequisites that are derived from our belief in us being the sons of God and, thus, being able to read His mind. From its birth on 7 March 1277 up to today, science seems to be the only logical attitude of religious people towards the unknown cosmos.
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." Galileo Galilei Abstract 'Science and religion' is an emerging interdisciplinary subject. Many institutions in the West are already engaged in research on various topics of science and religion having historical and contemporary importance and are conducting courses leading to higher degrees. There are many areas which are common between science and religion and it is realized that the interrelationship of science and religion, if seriously explored and emphasized, has full capability to liberate the humankind from shackles of prejudice, narrow-mindedness and ignorance.
New and Emerging Perspectives on Science, Religion and Society, 2020
Religion versus science is a fascinating topic of debate for centuries with inconclusive results. The scientific community has constantly dealt with the puzzle of why and how religious societies are formed and what keeps their faith thriving. Conversely, notwithstanding the daunting challenges thrown by the truths of science, religious people painstakingly refurbish their faith in a spiritual entity. While, the world has witnessed remarkable broadening of ideas from both the fields of inquiry, the paradoxes inhibiting synchronization of religion and science cannot go unnoticed. In such a scenario, what remains unaffected is the steady engagement and curiosity to approach religion versus science debate and research the objections. In the quest for uncovering the answers, this chapter seeks to revisit the age-old dialogue and read between the lines to make observations that are far from wry. Without exaggeratingly supporting nor rebuffing the logic or inconsistencies in the assumptive worlds, this chapter examines the informative arguments laid out by both orthodoxy and heterodoxy extremes, so as to lend the focus back on the nonreciprocal relationship of religion and science. The chapter argues that since the purpose and conceptualization of knowledge of both holds high aspirations for humanity, differences in opinion should never cease the welcoming of critical inquiry.
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Discussing the paradigm of dialogue and integration in the Islamic science of religion is important since the practice of religious education still applies the paradigm of conflict and independence. These paradigms have a great influence on the formation of socio-religious and cultural ways of thinking. The relationship between Islamic religiousc and natural, social, as well as cultural sciences, needs patterns of integrated, interconnected relations and dialogues. Islamic Studies requires a multidisciplinary approach, that is, interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity. Scientific linearity, in which science is narrowly defined and mono-disciplinary, will lead to an understanding of religion and religious interpretations that has no contact with and relevance to the context in which it is studied. New types of religious thought that encourage independent discussion and dialogue on the subjective, objective and intersubjective aspects of science and religion will create the emergen...
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