#  Scientists, theologians ponder if latest biological findings are more compatible with religion 

 





August 02, 2017

 

 

OXFORD, England (RNS) — When Charles Darwin published his landmark theory of evolution by natural selection in the 19th century, religious leaders were confronted with a powerful challenge to some of their oldest beliefs about the origins of life.Then evolutionary theory was expanded with the insights of genetics, which gave further support for a scientific and secular view of how humans evolved.Faith and tradition were forced further onto the defensive.Now, exciting progress in biology in recent decades may be building up a third new phase in the scientific explanation of life, according to thinkers gathered at a [University of Oxford conference](http://www.ianramseycentre.info/conferences/2017-religion-society-science-life.html) last week (July 19-22).Source: *[Scientists, theologians ponder if latest biological findings are more compatible with religion](http://religionnews.com/2017/07/28/scientists-theologians-ponder-if-latest-biological-findings-are-more-compatible-with-religion/)*

 

 

 



 

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