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Science and Religion: An Impossible Dialogue

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Call no.
: 201.6509/GIN
Author
: Yves Gingras
Contributor
: Safwan Hanif Bin Osman
Summary
Science and religion has always been portrayed as two opposing extremes whereas science focuses on rationality and logic while religion emphasizes more on morality and ethics, hence the “impossible dialogue”. This book explores the slippery slopes of discussing the autonomy of science challenging the limitations of religion on multiple fronts by historical figures Galileo Galilei and Nicolaus Copernicus, initially starting with astronomy before moving to medicine and more. It also delves how religion has slowly became peripheral to science, and with the separation, allow the two opposing sides to be amenable for meaningful dialogues.