Collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times

Francis Collins has a beautiful message for truth, while reaching out to those who do not agree with us.

One good way of understanding Monotheism in an era when most scientists and mathematicians are atheists is to listen to all the Templeton Prize winners and review their main work.

Watch the acceptance address of 2020 Templeton Prize winner Dr. Francis S. Collins, a physician, geneticist, and director of the National Institutes of Health. “We need a renewed commitment to truth and reason … we need to address the growing spiritual void that leaves many of us adrift, unmoored, feeling precarious … and most importantly,” Collins says, “we need to return to our calling to love one another.”

For the sake of pluralism and truth seeking, we, the Muslims can fully enjoy the science and religion correlation presented by pluralistic Christian scientists and philosophers, by a simple realization: We believe in a Unitarian God of Judaism, Unitarian Christianity and Islam, who defined simply is God the Father in the Trinitarian Christian tradition.

Francis Collins book, The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief, is one of the best books to present guided evolution, rather than a godless metaphysics, given the realities of biological evolution. The brief review of the book in Amazon:

An instant bestseller from Templeton Prize–winning author Francis S. Collins, The Language of God provides the best argument for the integration of faith and logic since C.S. Lewis’s Mere Christianity.

It has long been believed that science and faith cannot mingle. Faith rejects the rational, while science restricts us to a life with no meaning beyond the physical. It is an irreconcilable war between two polar-opposite ways of thinking and living. Written for believers, agnostics, and atheists alike, The Language of God provides a testament to the power of faith in the midst of suffering without faltering from its logical stride. Readers will be inspired by Collin’s personal story of struggling with doubt, as well as the many revelations of the wonder of God’s creation that will forever shape the way they view the world around them.

Here is Collins presentation of his magnum opus:

The Muslim Times has a very extensive collection on the theme of Religion & Science:

How Could Most Mathematicians Believe in Heaven, But Not in God?

1616: The Roman Catholic Church officially prohibited Galileo Galilei from promoting the belief that the Earth revolves around the sun

The Quran and Creation Ex Nihilo: Is This God Speaking or Muhammad?

The Quran and the Expanding Universe: Is This God Speaking or Muhammad?

Fine Tuning or the Multiverse Theory: The Best Evidence for the Creator God

Paul Davies: The Agnostic Among the Contemporary Atheist Scientists

A Slight Twist Makes David Attenborough a Great Teacher for God of the Abrahamic Faiths