The book is well worth reading. We have been speaking of a possible synthesis between scientific naturalism and the Christian faith, instead of between science and religion. The reason for this is that the body of knowledge we call science does not belong to the same level of thought or realm of discourse as the Christian faith. The Christian faith consists of beliefs that make up a general world-view.
Science is a collection of particular theories about particular aspects of the world.
It belongs to the same level of discourse as the Christian intellectual scheme and can be compared with it. The only one of the great world religions about which it is even possible to raise the question of a synthesis with this scientific naturalism is Christianity. For not only is science a child of a Christian culture, but it is also perfectly proper, as we shall see, to speak of Christian naturalism-whereas, of course, it would be absurd to speak of Hindu or Buddhist naturalism. Now while this may be true of religion in general, it amounts to little short of a caricature of the Christian faith. Christianity, on the contrary, teaches that the whole natural, physical order is God's creation and, as such, is both real and good.