St. Luke (Voyno-Yasenetsky) on Science and Religion

Abstract

The article discloses St. Luke’s account of the relationships between science and religion, given in his works Spirit, Soul and Body and Science and Religion . St. Luke demonstrates that there are no fundamental contradictions between science and religion, moreover, such contradictions are impossible because of very limited overlapping of their domains. He shows that in many respects science and religion complement each other. In his discussion he uses a number of traditional and some original arguments.