However, as this article will show, this view turns out to be a myth: useful for elevating science over religion, but with little basis in history. To this end, Brown relies on the pervasive view of the eternal conflict between science and religion. As in The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown is painting a picture of the disturbing lengths that the Church will go to in order to protect its authority, this time against the inevitable progress of scientific knowledge. But in some ways, it is more than just a novel. This article examines the mythical origins of the conflict metaphor and its employment in a novel by the airport novelist of the moment, Dan Brown.ĭan Brown’s Angels and Demons is a page-turner mystery novel, and has proved a very successful one at that. The idea of the conflict between science and religion is pervasive in our society, particularly in popular literature. Larissa Johnson Case #06 - Is Morality a Matter of Fact? Church Dan Brown Natural Philosophy Science & Religion Theology The Myth of Conflict in Angels & Demons
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