Arrested Quote by Andrew Dickson White

It was tremendously exciting to discover that science was not destroying religion, as people popularly believe, but that it could cast light on theism…

— Susan Howatch

“There was a growing conviction that religion had to become as rational as modern science.”

— Karen Armstrong

The success of the West, including the rise of science, rested entirely on religious foundations, and the people who brought it about were devout…

— Rodney Stark

Modern science developed in the context of western religious thought, was nurtured in universities first established for religious reasons, and owes some of its…

— Kenneth R. Miller

Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years.

— John Burroughs

“Science arose in the West—and only in the West—precisely because the Judeo-Christian conception of God encouraged and even demanded this pursuit.”

— Rodney Stark

It seems true that the growth of science and secularism made organized Christianity feel under threat.

— Mary Douglas

Christianity has always had sort of an ability to absorb the developments in science. But, it's always done it very slowly.

— George Coyne

What until recently seemed to be only the apocalyptic fantasies of the Christian faith has today entered the sphere of the soberest scientific calculations;…

— Emil Brunner

“For all these reasons, one cannot recount the history of modern science without acknowledging the crucial importance of Christianity. But this does not mean…

— Ronald L. Numbers

“Not only were science and religion compatible, they were inseparable--the rise of science was achieved by deeply religious Christian scholars. ”

— Rodney Stark

“Science, the largest religion of the twentieth century, had become somewhat tarnished by images of exploding space shuttles, crack babies, and a generation of…

— Jim Butcher