Religion and Science

 Compose your reflection essay Your reflection essay should respond to one of the following sets of discussion questions: Which of the five possibilities for the future of science and religion listed in this chapter seems most likely to you? Which do you think would be most rational given what you now know about science and religion? Which do you think would have the best consequences for our society? Can either science or religion by itself support all the values necessary for human flourishing? If not, which kinds of values are best derived from religious ways of thinking, and which from scientific? Although it has covered the waterfront, this book has consistently argued for the compatibility of science and religion. The author is an Integrationist, not a Separationist. Is he right or wrong to take this position? What questions or doubts do you have, if any? What difference does it make? The growing climate disruption may be the most serious issue that humans have ever faced, since it’s the first crisis to affect the entire planet, countries are not responding quickly enough, and there are no known remedies adequate to the problem. Halting climate change is therefore an urgent test case for a science-religion partnership – if the two don’t work together here, the other areas may not matter. How would you maximize the positive effects of this partnership? What new ways might religion and science work together constructively in order to bring about global awareness of the problem and the willingness to change?