Is there a wall to peek over? Exploring approaches in the science and religion conversation
Bentley, Wessel
Is there a metaphorical wall that separates science and religion? In the continued interaction
between science and religion, the questions of ontology (what is there?) and epistemology
(how do we know what is there?) plague efforts to come to an integrated model that successfully
includes both partners. In this article, three possible scenarios are discussed: firstly, that science
and religion occupy opposite sides of a dividing ‘wall’. Secondly, that science and religion
stand on the same side of a ‘wall’ that separates the known from the unknown. Thirdly, the
possibility that no ‘wall’ exists and that science and religion effectively come to interdependent
conclusions based on their interaction within an open system. This article addresses the
questions of transcendence and immanence against the background of the wall metaphor.
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