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Both science and religion claim descent from wonder. In the first part of this chapter, I analyze these paths of descent and use this common origin from wonder to model how science and religion could creatively act in concert. In the second portion of this chapter, I try to show how new concepts of evolution coming from developmental biology and symbiosis research strengthen the links between science and religion. These concepts place the competitive model of evolution within a larger non-competitive, and even cooperative, framework. In the third portion of the chapter, I document the need for concerted action of science with religion in the conflicts and alliances between three great centers of social power: science, religion, and corporate interest. Recent data has shown the immediate need for strong alliances between science and religion in preserving wonder and life as we know it. ## Wonder, the common progenitor of religion and science "I am fearfully and wonderfully made," says the psalmist (Psalm 139:14). But what is it to be fearfully and wonderfully made? How does one respond to this wonder and yir'ah /fear/awe of one's body? I want to go \* An update of an article publish

Author

Seckbach, Joseph; Gordon, Richard

Publisher

WORLD SCIENTIFIC

Published

2018

Language

EN