Clare College, Cambridge (founded 1326)
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\u201cSuch an emphasis on the immanence of God as Creator in, with, and under the natural processes of the world unveiled by the sciences is certainly in accord with all that the sciences have revealed since those debates of the nineteenth century.\u201d<\/strong> \u00a0(<\/span>Arthur Peacocke)<\/span>
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One of the most interesting recent thinkers on the subject of the relationship between science and religion was Arthur Peacocke (d. 2006). \u00a0Over the course of his very distinguished career, he served as, among other things, both University Lecturer in Biochemistry at the University of Oxford and Dean of Studies in Theology at Clare College, Cambridge.<\/p>\n
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The very existence of such people as Arthur Peacocke, who reached rarified heights in both the sciences and theology, constitutes a problem \u2014 or, anyway, it would if they ever really thought about it \u2014 for those who insist that science and religious faith are intrinsically incompatible. \u00a0He actually knew a bit about both, and didn\u2019t seem to share the skeptics\u2019 view.<\/p>\n
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