Reassessing Faith and Reason

The view that religious faith is incompatible with human reason did not seem prevalent enough, in the mid—2000s, to land several books espousing it on bestseller lists. Since that time, the number of religious “nones” in America has grown significantly, and the most common reason given for becoming a “none” is the incompatibility of faith and reason. For scholars who disagree with this view, its newfound mainstream status calls for a unique response: refrain from defense and instead reasses...