# Science and Religion **Entity class:** Interdisciplinary field ## Definition **Science and religion** is the study and practice of relations among scientific explanations, theological traditions, spiritual experience, ethics, metaphysics, and public culture. The field includes conflict, independence, dialogue, and integration models; it should not be treated as one settled position. ## ICE routes [[wiki/Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Engagement|Dartmouth ICE]] placed the field inside conversations on faith, cosmology, free will, consciousness, pantheism, time, Mauna Kea, Muslim societies, and machine intelligence. Participants included [[wiki/William Storrar|William Storrar]], [[wiki/Mary-Jane Rubenstein|Mary-Jane Rubenstein]], [[wiki/Alan Lightman|Alan Lightman]], [[wiki/Salman Hameed|Salman Hameed]], [[wiki/Emanuele Ciancio|Emanuele Ciancio]], and [[wiki/Shinge Sherry Chayat|Shinge Sherry Chayat]]. ## Relationships - **institutional nodes:** [[wiki/Center of Theological Inquiry|CTI]], [[wiki/John Templeton Foundation|John Templeton Foundation]], and [[wiki/Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Engagement|Dartmouth ICE]]. - **machine-intelligence bridge:** [[wiki/Spiritual Loop Project|Spiritual Loop Project]]. - **disambiguation route:** [[wiki/ICE|ICE disambiguation]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [ICE — Public Dialogues and Workshops](https://www.ice.dartmouth.edu/public-dialogues-workshops) - [CTI — Research Reports](https://www.ctinquiry.org/research-reports)