Science and Faith Meet the Pandemic
May 28, 2020
For some top combatants in the COVID-19 fight, science and faith—often portrayed in conflict—both have critical values to contribute. Says the director of the National Institutes of Health: “I see science as the most reliable way to study nature—and that includes this virus. But science doesn’t help me with deeper questions.… For that, I rely on what I have learned as a person of faith.” Issues earlier explored this weighty intersection in a set of nonfiction stories that push past conventional notions to reveal how science and religion can challenge and strengthen one another.