Science Vs Religion: Are They Really At War?

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Enjoy code: 982191
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Lecture
Target groups
Adult, Youth, Elderly
Source
TheList
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Tuesday
08/04 2025 7:30pm
The Nightingale Room The Grand Central 29--30 Surrey Street BRIGHTON
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Religion and science represent the two most important ways that human beings understand themselves and their place in the world. But do they fit together?

In the late 1990s the palaeontologist Stephen Jay Gould coined the term Non-Overlapping Magisteria (NOMA) to describe the idea that science and religion were two different domains of inquiry - fact vs values - which do not overlap. Over the past couple of decades, notable figures like Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens, The New Atheists, have swung public opinion towards the conclusion that science and religion are - and must be - at war. But what does it mean? And is it really true?

Join Dr Emily Qureshi-Hurst as she uncovers whether religion and science can co-exist or are they doomed to fight it out forever. The answer will have significant implications for many of the biggest problems facing society today.

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