Emerging Trends in the History of Science and Religion with Dr Adam Shapiro

In the final episode of the season, James and Will are joined by
Dr Adam R. Shapiro, an historian of science, whose work focuses
on public understandings and misunderstandings of science and the
relationship between science and religion. Adam provides an
overview of some of the emerging trends in the history of science
and religion and situates his own work within this wider
disciplinary movement. The discussion ranges from the development
of and public controversies surrounding two space telescopes -
the James Webb Space Telescope and the 30 Metre Telescope on
Mauna Kea; the role of Natural Theology in the American
Declaration of Independence; Adam's contribution to the second
edition of Thomas Dixon's Science and Religion: A Very Short
Introduction; and where and how Adam sees the field moving beyond
'complexity'.