ABSTRACT
Religion is so basic to human history that the human species has been called homo religious, the religious animal. Indeed, some scholars even connect the origins of our species, Homo sapiens sapiens, to the first archeological signs of religious rituals and practices. A huge proportion of the world's population is identified with at least one of the major religious traditions of the world. It is equally impossible to imagine humanity without science. Certainly the dominant message in our culture is that science and religion stand in deep tension. Theist Religion is one of the oldest and most notable features of humanity. Some of the greatest wisdom and some of the most ennobling ethical ideals are contained in the world's religious traditions. Science can tell about the laws of nature and can explain the motion of physical bodies in the universe. Religion provides knowledge in these spheres.
