Abstract

The ‘war’ between religion and science is winding down, creating new opportunities for fruitful dialogue. The foundations of indirect religion‐science dialogue, where the perspectives of the two disciplines illuminate some third subject, are not well established. A detailed comparison of the Roman Catholic bishops' dialogues and a similar program within the American Association for the Advancement of Science illustrates the variety in formalscience‐religion interactions and reveals much about the promise, achievements, and limitations of different approaches. Success depends in large part on controlling the diversity of the dialogue group, choosing topics carefully, and adopting positive and cooperative attitudes.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science, shared goals of dialogue, directreligion‐science dialogue, war between religion and science, spirit of dialogue, religion‐science‐industry model, topics for dialogue, practical limitations of dialogue, National Conference of Catholic Bishops, indirectscience‐religion dialogue, search for wisdom, diversity in dialogue

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