Science and religion?

Gunnar Skirbekk

pp. 25-40

in: Simen Andersen Øyen, Tone Lund Olsen, Nora Sørensen Vaage (eds), Sacred science?, Wageningen, Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2012

Abstract

The editors asked us to reflect on questions such as "Can science solve our fundamental problems? What is the relationship between science and religion in modern societies?" Big questions, indeed. In this chapter, I shall give my answer by referring to four points concerning the sciences and four points about science and religion.