Center on Religion & the Professions

Improving religious literacy among professionals.

Chemistry: Codes of ethics

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Chemistry: Professional associations and faith groups

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Chemistry: Articles

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  • “Nucleic Acids and Memory: Imagining the Limits of Scientific Research” by Francois Jacob. The Chronicle of Higher Education, Dec. 11, 1998.
  • “A look at religion through science: Symposium on Buddhism explores how modern-day believers are affected by scientific developments” by Liaw Wy-Cin. The Straits Times (Singapore). July 19, 2008.
  • “Higher Pantheism” by David M. Knight. Zygon. 35 (2000): 603–612.
  • “Natural Selections: Life’s Origins in the Soup. Religion’s cute, but creation chemistry is complex” by Rowan Hooper. The Japan Times Online, June 13, 2007.
  • “Thompson striving to make a difference: Wellesley College student majors in chemistry, religion.” Sun Journal, June 26, 2006.
  • “Scientist finishes life work: a book about the Hindu deity Lord Muruga” by Santham Pillay. Sunday Times (South Africa), Feb. 22, 2009.
  • “Science and Religion: Lessons From History?” by John Brooke, Science, a publication of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Vol. 282, Dec. 11, 1998.
  • “Studies from Islamic Azad University, Department of Medicinal Chemistry add new findings in the area of life sciences.” Drug Week, May 22, 2009.
  • “Incense: taking in the good and bad” by Marika Sboros. Business Day (South Africa), June 4, 2008.

Chemistry: Books

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  • Recent Themes in the History of Science and Religion: Historians in Conversation. Donald A. Yerxa (ed.). The University of South Carolina Press, 2010.
  • Chemistry, as Exemplifying the Wisdom and Beneficence of God. George Fownes, London: John Churchill, 1844.
  • The Chemical Catechism, with Notes, Illustrations and Experiments. Samuel Parkes, London: Lackington Allen, 1808.
  • Religio Chemici: Essays. George Wilson. London: Macmillan, 1862.
  • Reconstructing Nature: the Engagement of Science and Religion. John H. Brooke and Geoffrey Cantor. Edinburgh, UK: T&T Clark, 1998.
  • Chemistry, Meteorology, and the Function of Digestion, Considered With Reference to Natural Theology. William Prout. London: William Pickering, 1834.
  • The Chemistry of Common Life. James F. W. Johnston. Edinburgh, Scotland: Blackwood, 1855.
  • Religion And Chemistry; Or, Proofs Of God’s Plan In The Atmosphere And Its Elements. Josiah Parsons Cooke. BiblioLife, 2009.
  • Science and Religion: A Critical Survey. Holmes Rolston. New York: Random House, 1987.
  • Science and Religion: From Conflict to Conversation. John Haught. Paulist, 1995.
  • Religion and chemistry: A re-statement of an old argument. Josiah Parsons Cooke C. Scribner’s sons, 1886.
  • LSD, Spirituality, and the Creative Process: Based on the Groundbreaking Research of Oscar Janiger, M.D. Marlene Dobkin de Rios Ph.D. and Oscar Janiger M.D. Park Street Press, 2003.
  • Magic Mushrooms in Religion and Alchemy. Clark Heinrich. Park Street Press, 2002.
  • A Science and Religion Primer. Heidi A. Campbell and Heather Looy (eds.) Supported by a grant from the Templeton Publishing Subsidy. BakerAcademic, 2009.
  • Science and religion: some historical perspectives. John Hedley Brooke. Cambridge University Press, 1991.
  • Why the Science and Religion Dialogue Matters: Voices from the International Society for Science and Religion. Fraser Watts and Kevin Dutton. International Society for Science and Religion. Published by Templeton Foundation Press, 2006
  • Reinventing the Sacred. Stuart Kauffman. Basic Books, 2008.

Chemistry: Case studies

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  • “The interaction of students’ scientific and religious discourses: two case studies” by Roth Wolff-Michael. International Journal of Science Education, 1464-5289, Volume 19, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 125-146.
  • Science and Religion: An Overview (Chapter 9, Case Studies in Science and Religion) by Alister E. McGrathWiley-Blackwell, 1999