VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In a mostly empty room in the main hall of the General Curia of the Jesuit Society, a stone’s throw from the Vatican, theologians and physicists met Friday (Sept. 6) to make a ...

For centuries there has been tension—in churches, the academies, and the public square—between science and religion. Each makes truth claims and addresses essential questions. Science looks at the ...

Why do scientists turn to questions traditionally reserved for the humanities? Tom McLeish argues for a deep kinship between the two spheres. "Students don't have time for electives. Rather than ...

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 ...

The science vs. religion debate is critical today psychologically because of how closely it ties to questions of meaning in a time when meaning so often escapes us. The Creative Systems Theory concept ...

While research indicates opinions about whether science and religion can overlap are changing, white men are among those "most likely" to hold "a negative view" on the topic, according to a study ...

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” ...