Can Religion and Science Find Common Ground?

Roger Cohn, the editor of Yale Environment 360, conducted an interesting interview with Mary Evelyn Tucker, a scholar who studies the intersection of ecology and religion. This is a perennial interest of mine, even though I'm a life-long atheist. Most people in the world (including many scientists) possess a religious faith or seek out some kind of spiritual connection that can't be satisfied by science. Make of that what you will, but it's a reality that can't be wished, argued, or scornfully waved away. So count me among those who believe that science and religion can coexist. There really is no choice, either; they have to. (Yes, that puts me at odds with folks like Jerry Coyne, and this is something I intend to explore further in the near future.) One reason I say this is that people come at environmental issues and concerns from different places. If your object ...