Description: Drawing on extensive research with over a hundred leading thinkers in the UK, The Landscapes of Science and Religion takes the much-needed step of asking what science and religion actually are, before turning to the familiar question of how they relate to one another.
Review Quotes: "This is a much needed book on an important topic that gives every impression of filling an important gap in a growing field of academic publication and reflection." -- Denis Alexander, The Faraday Institute, Cambridge
"Spencer and Waite are to be congratulated on a significantpiece of scholarship which feeds very helpfully into current debates about how "science" and "religion" are to be interrelated. Their book deserves a wide readership." -- Michael Fuller, Irish Theological Quarterly"The book's analytical approach and associated notion of "gradatedbelonging", nevertheless, offer a fresh and illuminating way of thinking about science and religion individually, and a useful grid through which to locate points of current actual and potential future tension between the two. This book is, there fore, a very welcome addition to the science and religion literature." -- Peter Jordan, Church Times"This study and analysis conducted by Spencer and Waite clears up a great deal of the conversation around science and religion, providing both an insightful and helpful way to understand the terms as well as illuminating true issues of tension. ... Such awork will surely bring a greater depth of understanding to what exactly we mean when we discuss these concepts, and what we're actually disagreeing about." -- Cameron Blom, Theology and Science