[asa] NOMA

I just got my copy of the journal, "Theology and Science," and one of the feature articles is as follows:

Joshua M. Moritz, "Rendering unto Science and God: Is NOMA Enough?" T &S 7 (Nov 2009): 363-78.

I haven't read it yet, but glancing it over I see where he's going. I will quote briefly from the conclusion, where Moritz cites the views of Karl Giberson and the late Mariano Artigas, in their book, "Oracles of Science." Here is the passage:

<The practical reality of the non-overlapping magisteria position, says Artigas, tends not so much to be "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's," as "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that Caesar says he can have." In the final analysis, he continues, "it is hard to resist the conclusion that Gould has lifted the word 'religion' and grafted it onto a toothless, hobbled beast incapable of scaring the materialists.">

I expect that Cameron Wybrow will like this conclusion; in any event, I recommend the article to him and to anyone else who has followed the NOMA thread.

Ted

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Received on Mon Nov 2 14:53:49 2009