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Science and Religion

Maimonides, the Temple, and Isaac Newton

Judaism and the “last of the magicians.”

Matt Goldish
July 12 2018 12:01AM

For the Religious Scientist, a “Divided Mind” Needn’t Be the Only Path to Follow

A Jewish physicist’s theological reflections.

Jeremy England
June 29 2018 12:01AM

Leon Kass’s Work Brings together Science and the Humanities in Pursuit of a Worthy Life

A light unto the nations.

Daniel Johnson
June 6 2018 12:01AM

The Line Separating Scientific Empiricism from the Pursuit of the Irrational Is Not So Clear as Steven Pinker Would Like It to Be

Smug secularism, curiosity, and the Enlightenment.

Ross Douthat
Feb. 28 2018 12:01AM

Science, Faith, and the Microbiologist Who Became the Patriarch of a Family of Committed Hasidim

My encounters with the life and legacy of Velvl Greene.

Alan Rubenstein
Feb. 28 2018 12:01AM

Abraham Isaac Kook’s Doctrine of Science and Kabbalah

And the 17th-century Spanish book that influenced it.

Bezalel Naor
Jan. 5 2018 12:01AM

A Muddled Attempt to Revive the Controversy between Science and Religion

The medieval church helped science more than it repressed it.

Peter Harrison
Jan. 4 2018 12:01AM

Science and Religion: Not Opposites after All

René Descartes, Thomas Kuhn, and the rejection of tradition.

M. Anthony Mills
Oct. 23 2017 12:01AM

What the Talmud Says about Solar Eclipses, and How Rationalist Rabbis Explained It

A bad omen for everyone, or just non-Jews?

Gil Student
Aug. 17 2017 12:01AM

A New Book Marks a Trend of Orthodox Jews Embracing New Age Fads

A ḥaredi rabbi endorses quackery.

Ben Rothke
July 11 2017 12:01AM

How Two Leading Orthodox Rabbis Responded to the Scopes Trial

Debating Darwin in synagogue.

Rachel S.A. Pear
Oct. 28 2016 12:01AM

The Challenge of Modern Biology to Biblical Morality

A groundbreaking essay.

Hans Jonas
June 30 2016 12:01AM

Religion May Be Part of Human Nature, But Why?

Fear of retribution vs. craving transcendence.

Lawrence Klepp
June 17 2016 12:01AM

Did Joshua Really Make the Sun Stand Still?

Or was he just trying to undermine his opponents’ morale?

Mark Chavalas
May 6 2016 12:01AM
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