ABSTRACT
Science and religion share with each other the distinction of being the two fundamental intellectual activities of mankind. It is equally inevitable that they should sometimes clash, and the relation between them has been a stormy one with a history of dogmatic and tempestuous displays on both sides. True, some theologians profess to be convinced of the right of science, while many scientists, no doubt, are satisfied that there is something in religion. The nineteenth century was the most prolific in scientific invention that the world has known, and having achieved its greatest successes in the study of the physical and material worlds it is not to be wondered at that its early incursions into the fields of philosophy should have followed a mechanistic path. The modern controversy that has raged between science and religion may not be so very far removed from that contest between Galileo and the Church.
