Famous Conflicts Between Science and Religion
The two most famous, and arguably the most
misunderstood, episodes of tension between Western science and religion (as
represented in both cases by Christianity) are:
See also the love affair gone wrong for a
discussion of a period in Europe (1680-1800) during which the rise of science
and the claims of theologians seemed at first to be in harmony and then
underwent a profound change.
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Christopher Southgate
Source: God, Humanity and the
Cosmos (T&T Clark, 1999)
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