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On the Intersection of Science and Religion

By Courtney Johnson, Cary Lynne Thigpen, Cary Funk — 2021

The relationship between science and religion is often viewed in a Western context and through a Christian perspective. We turned to Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists for a different view.

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Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge, which is power; religion gives man wisdom, which is control. Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals mainly with values. The two are not rivals.

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Martin Luther King Jr.
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Science Can Answer Moral Questions

Questions of good and evil, right and wrong are commonly thought unanswerable by science. But Sam Harris argues that science can—and should—be an authority on moral issues, shaping human values and setting out what constitutes a good life.

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Sam Harris
2010
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Shaykh Hamza Yusuf: Islam’s Universal Values

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Hamza Yusuf
2018
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The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values

In this highly controversial book, Sam Harris seeks to link morality to the rest of human knowledge. Defining morality in terms of human and animal well-being, Harris argues that science can do more than tell how we are; it can, in principle, tell us how we ought to be.

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Sam Harris
2011
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Science and Spirituality