<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[scribespark: Science & Religion]]></title><description><![CDATA[The man who first proposed that the universe began in a single exploding point — the idea we now call the Big Bang — was a Belgian priest named Georges Lemaître. When the Pope tried to claim his theory as proof of Genesis, Lemaître was mortified and quietly asked him to stop. He wanted the science kept clean of the theology, and the theology kept free of the science. He held both. He simply wouldn't let them lean on each other.

I live at this intersection: from the history and philosophy of science, which is where my own training lies, out to its strangest frontier. What happens to the religious imagination when it looks up? Space, new worlds, the theology hidden in our scientific dialogue and our science fiction. Wonder is older than either discipline, and I continue to notice both still reaching for it.]]></description><link>https://www.scribespark.com/s/science-and-religion</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LroU!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F203602b8-8b34-419a-b381-53835cc9ddd7_1254x1254.png</url><title>scribespark: Science &amp; Religion</title><link>https://www.scribespark.com/s/science-and-religion</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 12:19:34 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.scribespark.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Jae Jerkins]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[scribespark@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[scribespark@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Jae Jerkins]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Jae Jerkins]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[scribespark@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[scribespark@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Jae Jerkins]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block></channel></rss>