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...creation of a new professorship dedicated to this very subject is in the works. The Watson Chair in Science and Religion “could make Harvard the world’s center in the academic discussion of science and religion,” says Clayton, who says he is vying for the post. According to Edwards, the position will not be filled until the fall...
Even this year, through Clayton’s presence as a visiting professor, students at HDS as well as the College were able to test the waters of the field through Clayton’s two classes—“Rethinking Religion in Light of Contemporary Science” and “Scientific Perspectives on Consciousness and Religious Experience...
Clayton says his upbringing was instrumental in shaping his personal religious views and conflicts. He explains that he was raised by a father who was “as anti-religious as you can imagine” and a mother who “hated religion with a passion,” making him “the most natural atheist in the world...
...adds that religion and science do not have to be mutually exclusive, though they do serve entirely different roles...
Clayton says this unwillingness to consider the coexistence of science and religion can prove “damaging” to both fields, creating extremism on both ends and an unwillingness to find a middle ground...