The conflict between science and religion seems to be longstanding and inevitable. But close examination of the relevant history suggests that this is not the case. Peter Harrison traces the history of these two categories and opens up new possibilities for thinking about the relations between them.

Peter Harrison is Professor Emeritus of History and Philosophy at the University of Queensland, and for many years was the Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion at the University of Oxford. He has published extensively on the philosophical, scientific, and religious thought of the early modern period, and has written more generally on the historical relations between science and religion. His twelve books include The Territories of Science and Religion (Chicago, 2015) and Some New World: Myths of Supernatural Belief in a Secular Age (Cambridge, 2024).

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