by Hyun Hee Lee
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Added bonus: Vern L. Bullough on "Science and Religion in Historical 
Perspective" in Science and Religion, edited by Kurtz; page 132-133:

Jumping to the 13-th century wrt new translations of Aristotle made available 
in the West, Bullough points out that "...Albertus Magnus, St. Thomas Aquinas, 
and others Aristotelianized Christianity and Christianized Aristotle and other 
Greek scientific writings by incorporating them into their worldview and 
theology".
...
"What is important, in my view, is taht by the middle of the 13-th century, 
Christian theology had come to be based on what could be regarded as the 
cutting edge of science at that time.".
...
"The difficulty that this opposed to Christian theology is that science in its 
quest for answers is continually growing and changing, and while it is 
sometimes difficult to change scientific assumptions, those earlier scientific 
assumptions being challenged had often gained the status of dogma in 
theological writings".
...
"The result is that [pursuant to Copernicus, Galileo, and Kepler] the 
scientific theology of Thomas Aquinas and other Scholastics had been based on 
what had become outmoded assumptions. The idea of heaven up above and hell and 
purgatory and other places below had to be rethought, as did a large number of 
other doctrinal questions".
...
[the author goes on to conclude that the problem is not with science, but with 
theology: "Why couldn't they just ignore scientific explanations and indicate 
that their belief is based on faith? The fact that they refuse to do so and 
claim that their biblical literalism is a science is what makes for antagonisms 
between religion and science". 


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