短新闻泛读 | Day 149：科学和宗教是对立的吗？
post-Darwinian; 后达尔文主义
tome
n.
(尤指理论性的)大部头书，巨著;
antithetical
adj.
相反的;对立的;不相容的;
antagonism
n.
敌意; 敌对; 对立情绪; 对抗情绪;
magisterium-magisteria (pl.)
训导权; 教权; 训导; 权威
espouse
vt.
拥护; 支持; 赞成(信仰、政策等);
espouse one's caluse 支持某人的事业
he was inclined to self-pity.
他总是喜欢自怜.
medieval
adj.
中世纪; 中世纪的(约公元1000到1450年);
oxymoron
n.
矛盾修辞法;
moron
n.
白痴; 笨蛋; 蠢货;
dissent
n.
异议; (与官方的或诉讼案中某法官对其他法官判决的)不同意见;
vi.
(对官方意见)不同意; 持异议;
theology
n.
神学; 宗教学; 宗教信仰学; 宗教信仰;
reformation
n.
改革; 改进; 变革; 宗教改革(欧洲16世纪改革罗马天主教从而导致新教的产生); 宗教改革时期;
crack open
裂开; 砸开;
orthodoxy
n.
正统观念; 普遍接受的观点; 正统的信仰(或做法); 正教会; 正教信仰与做法;
zeal
n.
热情; 激情;
zealot
n.
狂热者; (尤指宗教或政治的)狂热分子;
scripture
n.
经文; 《圣经》; (某宗教的)圣典经典;
In the late 19th century two books on science and religion were published within a decade of each other. In “The Creed of Science” William Graham tried to reconcile new scientific ideas with faith. In 1881 Charles Darwin, by then an agnostic, told him: “You have expressed my inward conviction, though far more vividly and clearly than I could have done, that the Universe is not the result of chance.”
agonositic
n.
不可知论者(认为上帝存在与否是不可知的);
adj.
不可知论（者）的;
creed
n.
信条; 纲领; 信念; 原则; 宗教信仰; (基督教)信经;
make a splash
引人注目;引起轰动;
astute
adj.
精明的; 狡猾的;
illustrious
adj. 显赫的; 杰出的; 著名的; 卓越的;
salvo
n.
齐射; 齐投; 奇袭;
