The Christian church did not discourage the development of science but in fact was instrumental in bringing it about, says Rodney Stark, a professor of sociology at the University of Washington at ...

In just a few short weeks, the Fall 2025 semester will commence at universities throughout the U.S. Many new and returning students will pursue a course of study in various STEM-related fields. I ...

What are we to make of the variety of spiritual experiences? Michael Hughes was 22 years old when he had a mystical experience at a Maryland Catholic church. “It was almost as if I had wandered into ...

A place at the table for Christians, but at a price. There’s a potent symbolism to this event. Harvard represents the pinnacle of learning in the Western world. Founded as an institution deeply rooted ...

As any high school student knows, Christianity and science have sniped at each other for 500 years, since at least the days of Copernicus. The battle is still going on, on both sides. In 2009, when ...

It is common for people to think that they must believe in Christianity or believe in science. Some claim that we no longer need religion because now we have science to explain the physical world. Few ...

How did the Universe arise? There are two main avenues to answer that existential question: science or religion. Cosmological evidence, gleaned from gazing far out into space (and thus back in time), ...

Rodney Stark’s “How Christianity (and Capitalism) Led to Science” (The Chronicle Review, December 2) was both profoundly enlightening and profoundly uninformed. His emphasis on the importance of ...

Science and Christianity are constantly disagreeing with each other. Whether it’s about the Earth’s age, the evolution of animals or how old a tree is, they can never seem to find common ground. Some ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...