Resituating discussion of “science” and “religion”
Peter Harrison argues that modern Western culture’s partitioning of ‘science’ and ‘religion’ into distinct spheres is a novel categorical conception in history. (58 minutes)
The novelty of “science” and “religion”
Peter Harrison on the contingency of the boundaries that divide our lives
Resituating discussion of “science” and “religion”
Peter Harrison argues that modern Western culture’s partitioning of ‘science’ and ‘religion’ into distinct spheres is a novel categorical conception in history. (58 minutes)
Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 131
FEATURED GUESTS:
John Durham Peters, Paul Heintzman, Richard Lints, Peter Harrison, Francis J. Beckwith, David L. Schindler, and Nicholas J. Healy, Jr.
How science became the omnipotent arbiter of genuine knowledge
Peter Harrison on the creation of an allegedly neutral public sphere