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In this response the logical positivist approach of the authors is challenged, as is their propagation of the myth of an historical, endemic ‘conflict’ between science and religion. The authors' one dimensional approach to the world is shown to produce a limited world view, eliminating so much of human experience, of art, beauty, and music as well as religion. In contrast an awareness of different types of knowledge, with different criteria for truth, enables a fuller perspective in which science and religion, and art and music and human values, are all compatible. In conclusion, some ways in which Science Education and Religious Education can be taught to their mutual benefit are indicated.
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Woolnough, B.E. On the fruitful compatibility of religious education and science. Sci Educ 5, 175–183 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00428617
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