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All on the Same Side: Reflections on the Dialogue Between Science and Religion
Author(s) -
Byers David M.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1467-9744
pISSN - 0591-2385
DOI - 10.1111/0591-2385.00279
Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , diversity (politics) , bishops , subject (documents) , epistemology , sociology , political science , computer science , law , philosophy , library science , anthropology , artificial intelligence
The ‘war’ between religion and science is winding down, creating new opportunities for fruitful dialogue. The foundations of indirect religion‐science dialogue, where the perspectives of the two disciplines illuminate some third subject, are not well established. A detailed comparison of the Roman Catholic bishops' dialogues and a similar program within the American Association for the Advancement of Science illustrates the variety in formalscience‐religion interactions and reveals much about the promise, achievements, and limitations of different approaches. Success depends in large part on controlling the diversity of the dialogue group, choosing topics carefully, and adopting positive and cooperative attitudes.