ZYGO Zygon® 0591-2385 1467-9744 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2005.00663.x HOW SCIENCE CAN HELP RELIGION BENEFIT SOCIETY Gillette P. Roger 02 06 2005 40 2 10.1111/zygo.2005.40.issue-2 299 306

Abstract. Modern science has given us a revolutionary new understanding of the close interrelationship and interdependence of humans not only with all other humans but with all other living species and with the nonliving elements of the geosphere and the rest of the universe. This new understanding can provide a basis for new understandings of (1) the basic nature of religion, (2) the basic principles of major world religious traditions, and (3) the basic principles of religious ethics. The new understanding of religious ethics will involve a better understanding of our rights and responsibilities, as individuals and groups, with respect to other individuals and groups of humans, other living species, and the nonliving universe. This improved understanding will benefit not only human individuals and human societies, local and global, but also local and global ecosystems.

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