Why should the secular media cover religion? By Gayle White The Atlanta Journal-Constitution* Why should the secular media cover politics? Or science? Or sports? Because they are part of human life and contribute to the order of society. Often, religion provides the “why” in the equation of a story. Faith motivates people, groups and, at […]

The Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology in St. Louis is an interfaith organization of Christians working to foster a “community of scientists and technologists who are dedicated both to the advancement of scientific understanding AND to the growth of Christianity.” Sister Marianne Postiglione is director of communications.

Read an May 23, 2013 Catholic Reporter response to an essay about the relationship between religion and science, and how history influenced how the subjects are debated today.

Read an Aug. 17, 2006, Los Angeles Times story about Dr. Francis Collins’ book on the debate over religion and science.

Ann Taves is professor at the University of California – Santa Barbara. She wrote the article “Religion and Same-Sex Relations in the American Context” for the Religious Studies Review.

Gilbert Herdt is professor of sexuality and anthropology at San Francisco State University and director of the National Sexuality Resource Center.

Read a Jan. 25, 2013 article about the conflicting relationship between religion and science and its development into a peaceful coexistence in India.

Fenton Johnson is a widely published commentator and author, including Keeping Faith: A Skeptic’s Journey (Houghton Mifflin, 2003). He is gay and practices Christianity and Buddhism. He is on the faculty of the creative writing program at the University of Arizona.

Read a Nov. 21, 2011 Huffington Post article about a survey from Rice University questioning scientists about their religious beliefs and their opinions on the debate over science in conflict with faith.