Philip Clayton

Philip Clayton is Ingraham Professor at Claremont School of Theology and Professor of Religion at Claremont Graduate University. He has written or edited some 18 books and hundreds of articles on the science-religion debate, including The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Science, Adventures in the Spirit, and In Quest of Freedom: The Emergence of Spirit in the Natural World.

Guest BloggersJune 28, 2010

Conservative Christians Oppose New ‘Inter-Religious’ University

By Philip Clayton

What’s wrong with inclusivism in religious education?

Politics/Law, Science & TechnologyNovember 2, 2009

Evolution and Creation Fight to the Death: What Emerges from the Ashes

By Philip Clayton

You have to look long and hard in the public-square discussion today to find bilateral calls for complementarity and partnership. Yet why should the relations between evolution and creation constitute a zero-sum game?

(A)theologies, Science & TechnologySeptember 21, 2009

Should We Pronounce the Religion-Science Dialogue Dead on Arrival?: A Response to Robert Tapp

By Philip Clayton

Saying that science is “just another linguistic system” plays well in humanities departments and at certain Ivy League divinity schools. But it makes about as much contact with real science as astrology does.

(A)theologies, Culture, Science & TechnologySeptember 10, 2009

Religion and Science: Toward a Postmodern Truce

By Philip Clayton

The New Atheists, armed with swords and cudgels, are still doing old-fashioned battle with religion; but they haven’t noticed that the skirmish may have passed them by. Are religion and science poised for a truce?