David Wootton

The age-old debate continues: are science and religion compatible?

Nicholas Spencer insists they are – and his scientific knowledge is impressive. But do his religious arguments carry weight?

‘Galileo Demostrating the New Astronomical Theories at the University of Padua’, by Félix Parra. [Getty Images] 
issue 18 March 2023

According to the census, there are more Christians in the UK than there are atheists and agnostics – yet the churches are empty. These Christians, it seems, don’t take their faith too seriously. Nor, I fear, does Nicholas Spencer, who has written a big book arguing that science and religion are fundamentally compatible.

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