"A scientist/professor in an experimental program teaching science to the Dalai Lama's monks explains why this project is so much bigger than this one program, bigger even than working to reconcile religion and science." (RD 7.1.09)
These interactions between Tibetan monks and scientists are very important in the increased understanding between religious practitioners and scientists through dialogue. However, we must keep in mind that it's not simply religion that must be open to learning from science but also science drawing insight from religion as well (which I haven't seen as often). It's important that the religion-science conversation is truly two-sided -- a real dialogue rather than two disconnected monologues.
Arri Eisen has the story at Religion Dispatches.
I'm having trouble copy and pasting in your comment section, but Danny Fisher recently commented on this story in his blog and religionnews.com has a critique of the story as well. Although it credits parts of the story, the article points out the assumption that just because the west has made science vs. religion a big issue, doesn't mean it was always a big issue in other religions and regions of the world.
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