The Relations Between Religion and Science / Eight Lectures Preached Before the University of Oxford in the Year 1884

A series of eight lectures explores relations between scientific and religious knowledge by comparing the philosophical basis of scientific induction with the moral and spiritual faculty that underpins religious belief. Subjects include the postulate of nature's uniformity, foundations of religious conviction and the moral law, free will and determinism, the implications of evolutionary theory for design and human dignity, the character and role of revelation and miracles, and the limits of purely scientific proof. The argument maintains that apparent conflicts arise from differing methods and scopes, and that science and religion can be reconciled while allowing for exceptional human and divine intervention.