ABSTRACT
This chapter explains three problems in religion-and-science: problem of symmetry, problem of explanatory plausibility and problem of consonance. Some in religion-and-science see their ambition as building a bridge between theology and science. The problem of consonance is theologically problematic to assume 'harmony' or 'consonance' between scientific knowledge and religious convictions, at least on certain theological views. As human practices, religions are phenomena in the world, and thus objects of study, rather than, as in natural theology, a partner of the sciences and philosophy in understanding and explaining our world. The dissonance discerned, morally and methodologically, may be an incentive for considering religion-and-science as a constructive project. The definition of theology as 'cosmology-and-axiology' allows one to respect the autonomy of science and also of moral discourse. One can further differentiate between science and any interpretation of science as a view of reality, that is, any cosmology, metaphysics or philosophy of nature.
