Peter Harrison delivers the 2015 Richard Johnson Lecture, on the reputed conflict between science and religion.
The conflict between science and religion seems entrenched, even inevitable. But is it?
Peter Harrison, one of the most important scholars working in the area of science and religion today, challenges our understanding of what has historically been meant by the concepts of "science" and "religion" - and reconstructs the true history of their turbulent relations.
Peter Harrison delivers the 2015 Richard Johnson Lecture, on the reputed conflict between science and religion.
Peter Harrison responds to questions following the 2015 Richard Johnson Lecture.
Peter Harrison delivers the 2015 Richard Johnson Lecture, on the reputed conflict between science and religion.
Peter Harrison responds to questions following the 2015 Richard Johnson Lecture.
Peter Harrison is an Australian Laureate Fellow at the University of Queensland. Before taking up his post at UQ he was the Idreos Professor of Science and Religion at the University of Oxford. He has published extensively in the area of intellectual history with a focus on the historical interactions between science and religion. A Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, he was the Gifford Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh in 2011. He is author or editor of six books, the most recent of which is The Territories of Science and Religion (Chicago, 2015).
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