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Science and religion?

Eight crucial points

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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.

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  1. Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities (SVT), University of Bergen, Norway

    Professor Gunnar Skirbekk

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  1. Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities (SVT), University of Bergen, Norway

    Simen Andersen Øyen , Tone Lund-Olsen (Senior Executive Officer) & Nora Sørensen Vaage ,  (Senior Executive Officer) & 

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Skirbekk, G. (2012). Science and religion?. In: Øyen, S.A., Lund-Olsen, T., Vaage, N.S. (eds) Sacred Science?. Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen. https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-752-3_2

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