Discussions on science and religion may be approached by various routes. We shall try one of them. Science and religion are both secular institutions, sharing histories and wisdom created by the same human kind. In the western human history there are knowledge common to Abrahamic religions as well as to science. Some of these knowledge remain as inspirations for scientific investigations; were of concern before the rise of modern science; were in the core of the XVII century scientific revolution, and remain up to date in science and in religion, in spite of their doctrinarian diversity. Finally, we shall say a few words on present interest in science and religion studies.
Science; religion; wisdom; human