Science & Spirit

Science & Spirit Magazine, published six times each year, explores the relationship between science and religion in the context of our everyday lives

news

Is I.D. Ready for Its Close-up?
April 21, 2008
May preview: A new documentary brings intelligent design out of church and into a theater near you.

The Unkindest Cut Gets Kinder...
March 10, 2008 Circumcision's religious beginnings and the current health debate.

Religion Cuts Anxiety, for Some
March 4, 2008
A new study suggests that spiritual practice may good for mental health... but only for women.

Consciousness Gets Real
February 29, 2008
A group of California researchers seek to draw a quantum map of the mind.

Holy Mackerel
Feb 20, 2008
Lent is the biggest fish-eating season of the year. And that's a problem.

features

Towering Silence

May 1, 2008
Zoroastrians use vultures to dispose of their dead. What will happen when the birds disappear?

Selling God to Science

May 1, 2008
If a church reaches out to scientists, will they reach back?

The End of the World as We Know It?

March 17, 2008
Scientific pessimism meets 'openness theology.'

Flesh Made Soul

March 1, 2008
Can a new theory in neuroscience explain spiritual experience to a non-believer?

Looking Back at The End of Science

March 1, 2008
More than a decade after its original publication, does the prophecy of The End of Science still ring true?

on god

Francis S. Collins
"As one of a large number of scientists who believe in God, I find it deeply troubling to watch the escalating culture wars between science and faith..."

Owen Gingerich
"Most of my scientific acquaintances, both theists and atheists, are persons of deep but unexamined faith..."

P.J. O'Rourke
"I have some idea what God does. I have no idea what scientists do..."

Christopher Hitchens
"Can you name a right action performed by a religious person which could not have been performed by an unbeliever?"

Richard Cizik
"Evangelicals are becoming the go-to religious community on the environment..."

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