Back Nonoverlapping Magisteria German Non-overlapping magisteria ID Magisteri non sovrapponibili Italian Magistérios não-interferentes Portuguese Непересекающиеся магистерии Russian Неперехресні світогляди Ukrainian
Non-overlapping magisteria (NOMA) is the view, advocated by paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould, that science and religion each represent different areas of inquiry, fact vs. values, so there is a difference between the "nets"[1] over which they have "a legitimate magisterium, or domain of teaching authority", and the two domains do not overlap.[2] He suggests, with examples, that "NOMA enjoys strong and fully explicit support, even from the primary cultural stereotypes of hard-line traditionalism" and that it is "a sound position of general consensus, established by long struggle among people of goodwill in both magisteria."[1] Some have criticized the idea or suggested limitations to it, and there continues to be disagreement over where the boundaries between the two magisteria should be.
- ^ a b Gould, Stephen Jay (2002). Rocks of Ages: Science and Religion in the Fullness of Life. New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-45040-X.
- ^ Stephen J. Gould (1998), Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms, p. 274. Jonathan Cape, ISBN 0-224-05043-5