Yves Gingras is Canada Research Chair in History and Sociology of Science at the University of Quebec at Montreal.

• Contents Introduction 1 The Theological Limits of the Autonomy of Science 2 Copernicus and Galileo: Thorns in the Sides of Popes 3 God: From the Center to the Periphery of Science 4 Science Censored 5 From Conflict to Dialogue? 6 What Is a "Dialogue" Between Science and Religion? 7 Belief Versus Science Conclusion: Betting on Reason Notes Index

‘In this forceful and fascinating polemic, a leading historian and sociologist of the sciences takes up arms against recent calls for dialogue between science and religion. In a survey of past centuries of conflict, censorship and apologetics, and a telling analysis of modern initiatives to establish new kinds of relations between science and religion, Gingras argues that the sciences have achieved autonomous status by building social organizations not to be reconciled with the claims of faith. This book represents an important and provocative intervention in a debate of great contemporary significance.’Simon Schaffer, Professor of History of Science, University of Cambridge‘Yves Gingras’ gripping account of four centuries of conflict between religion and science provides a wonderful antidote to the insistent calls for “dialogue”.’Alan Sokal, Professor of Physics, New York University“The science–religion issue will intrigue us for a long time to come. It is interesting in its own right, but it is also of prime concern to any civilization struggling to get things right. Yves Gingras’s Science and Religion: An Impossible Dialogue has contributed a great deal to a better historical understanding."Metascience

Yves Gingras is Canada Research Chair in History and Sociology of Science at the University of Quebec at Montreal.

• Contents Introduction 1 The Theological Limits of the Autonomy of Science 2 Copernicus and Galileo: Thorns in the Sides of Popes 3 God: From the Center to the Periphery of Science 4 Science Censored 5 From Conflict to Dialogue? 6 What Is a "Dialogue" Between Science and Religion? 7 Belief Versus Science Conclusion: Betting on Reason Notes Index

‘In this forceful and fascinating polemic, a leading historian and sociologist of the sciences takes up arms against recent calls for dialogue between science and religion. In a survey of past centuries of conflict, censorship and apologetics, and a telling analysis of modern initiatives to establish new kinds of relations between science and religion, Gingras argues that the sciences have achieved autonomous status by building social organizations not to be reconciled with the claims of faith. This book represents an important and provocative intervention in a debate of great contemporary significance.’Simon Schaffer, Professor of History of Science, University of Cambridge‘Yves Gingras’ gripping account of four centuries of conflict between religion and science provides a wonderful antidote to the insistent calls for “dialogue”.’Alan Sokal, Professor of Physics, New York University“The science–religion issue will intrigue us for a long time to come. It is interesting in its own right, but it is also of prime concern to any civilization struggling to get things right. Yves Gingras’s Science and Religion: An Impossible Dialogue has contributed a great deal to a better historical understanding."Metascience

Yves Gingras is Canada Research Chair in History and Sociology of Science at the University of Quebec at Montreal.

• Contents Introduction 1 The Theological Limits of the Autonomy of Science 2 Copernicus and Galileo: Thorns in the Sides of Popes 3 God: From the Center to the Periphery of Science 4 Science Censored 5 From Conflict to Dialogue? 6 What Is a "Dialogue" Between Science and Religion? 7 Belief Versus Science Conclusion: Betting on Reason Notes Index

‘In this forceful and fascinating polemic, a leading historian and sociologist of the sciences takes up arms against recent calls for dialogue between science and religion. In a survey of past centuries of conflict, censorship and apologetics, and a telling analysis of modern initiatives to establish new kinds of relations between science and religion, Gingras argues that the sciences have achieved autonomous status by building social organizations not to be reconciled with the claims of faith. This book represents an important and provocative intervention in a debate of great contemporary significance.’Simon Schaffer, Professor of History of Science, University of Cambridge‘Yves Gingras’ gripping account of four centuries of conflict between religion and science provides a wonderful antidote to the insistent calls for “dialogue”.’Alan Sokal, Professor of Physics, New York University“The science–religion issue will intrigue us for a long time to come. It is interesting in its own right, but it is also of prime concern to any civilization struggling to get things right. Yves Gingras’s Science and Religion: An Impossible Dialogue has contributed a great deal to a better historical understanding."Metascience