Science, Religion, and the Human Future
Conflict, Collusion, and Consequences
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 22 January 2026
- ISBN 9780198889007
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages240 pages
- Size 225x145x20 mm
- Weight 413 g
- Language English 673
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Short description:
Many people think that science and Christianity are in conflict. This book shows how, historically speaking, this was not the case. It also shows how the myth of conflict was created, and why.
MoreLong description:
Science, Religion, and the Human Future: Conflict, Collusion, and Consequences demonstrates that the myth of an inevitable conflict between science and faith is based on a misunderstanding of history, with potentially adverse consequences for human futures.
The work focuses first upon ancient, medieval and Islamic scholars and the intimate connections they made between theology and the investigation of the natural world-and why we know so little about them. Moving into the modern era, it argues that one of the most concerning features of the science-faith relationship was their collusion in defining and validating the 'civilising mission' of Western imperialism. This collusion recontextualises the creation of the conflict thesis. Turning to the present day, the book investigates episodes of scientific controversy in which effective science communication was hindered not as a result of a clash between science and faith but because of a close and unexamined entanglement between the two.
In cases ranging from space colonisation to AI, climate change to Covid-19, the problem is not so much science's split from faith as the unexamined and problematic theologies that remain implicit within it. Learning from these examples, the book outlines some productive and non-conflict-based frameworks for talking about science and faith in the future.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
PART ONE: PASTS
An ordered universe
Enlightening imperialism
Battling with history
PART TWO: PRESENTS
Space
Genetic modification
Climate change
Artificial intelligence
Pandemic
PART THREE: FUTURES
Secular saints
New atheism, new faith
New stories
Conclusion
Introduction
Part I Past
An ordered universe
Enlightening imperialism
Battling with history
Part II Presents
Space
Genetic modification
Climate change
Artificial intelligence
Pandemic
Part III Futures
Secular saints
New atheism, new faith
New stories
Conclusion
