Abstract

Three theses are explored, the first two historical and the third philosophical‐theological: (1) throughout most of the history ofWestern civilization, science and religion have been closely connected with each other, and each has benefited from the connection; (2) the belief that science and religion have always been in conflict is not based on the actual history of either set of institutions; and (3) structurally a relationship between the two institutions is in the interest of both. By religion here I mean specifically, but not exclusively, Judaism.

Keywords

Islam, modernity, Christendom, The Guide of the Perplexed, authority, Maimonidean controversy, Rabbi Simon the Just, Hallel, Moses, Jesus, Moses Maimonides, Halakhah, Saadia ben Josephal‐Fayyumi, Mishneh Torah, Kabbalah, Tractatus Theologico‐Politicus, Judaism, conversos, Adam the Protobacterium, Baruch Spinoza, pioneer macros, silicon‐based self‐replicating crystals, belief, Daniel Dennett, Aristotelianism, truth claim, charity

How to Cite

Rights