Abstract
Discussions on the congruence, compatibility, and contradictions between science and religion have been going on since the rise of modern science. In our own times, there are many efforts to build bridges of harmony between the two. Most of these are anchored to particular religious traditions or denominations and also (often) to specific disciplines, notably cosmology, physics, and biology. Though these discussions serve commendable purposes for members of specific faiths and/or disciplines, they are also, for precisely this reason, of restricted appeal. There are not too many discussions of the topic that consider science and religion from a global perspective. It will therefore be useful to define science and religion in terms of their unique characteristics, draw the line of demarcation between them, and show where they overlap. This is what this paper attempts to do.
Keywords
perceived reality, endopotent, definition, impact potential, complementarity, orthogonality, incompatibility, exopotent, facts and truths
How to Cite
Raman, V., (2001) “Science and Religion: Some Demarcation Criteria”, Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 36(3), 541–556. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/0591-2385.00380