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The idea of '''Non-overlapping Magisteria''' proposes to separate [[science]] from [[religion]], with each to govern independently in their respective domains. Science gets the what and why, while religion gets meaning and value. (See also [[fact-value distinction]].) The idea is opposed by those who see God as the Author of science (see [[Creationism]]).

The idea of '''Non-overlapping Magisteria''' proposes to separate [[science]] from [[religion]], with each to govern independently in their respective domains. Science gets the what and why, while religion gets meaning and value. (See also [[fact-value distinction]].) The idea is opposed by those who see God as the Author of science (see [[Creationism]]).

It is an apologetic put forward by [[liberal]] evolutionist [[Stephen Jay Gould|Stephen Jay Gould]]. Gould described NOMA as "a blessedly simple and entirely conventional resolution to ... the supposed conflict between science and religion."

It is an apologetic put forward by [[liberal]] evolutionist [[Stephen Jay Gould|Stephen Jay Gould]]. <ref>[http://www.ling.rochester.edu/~feldman/philosophy152/gould.htm Nonoverlapping Magisteria] Stephen Jay Gould, March 1997</ref> Gould described NOMA as "a blessedly simple and entirely conventional resolution to ... the supposed conflict between science and religion."

Magisterium is defined as "a domain where one form of teaching holds the appropriate tools for meaningful discourse and resolution" and the NOMA principle is "the magisterium of science covers the empirical realm: what the Universe is made of (fact) and why does it work in this way (theory). The magisterium of religion extends over questions of ultimate meaning and moral value. These two magisteria do not overlap, nor do they encompass all inquiry (consider, for example, the magisterium of art and the meaning of beauty)."

Magisterium is defined as "a domain where one form of teaching holds the appropriate tools for meaningful discourse and resolution" and the NOMA principle is "the magisterium of science covers the empirical realm: what the Universe is made of (fact) and why does it work in this way (theory). The magisterium of religion extends over questions of ultimate meaning and moral value. These two magisteria do not overlap, nor do they encompass all inquiry (consider, for example, the magisterium of art and the meaning of beauty)."

To embrace NOMA would be to consign the entirety of scripture to metaphor and storytelling.

To embrace NOMA would be to consign the entirety of scripture to metaphor and storytelling.

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