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If it were true that Christianity and science were incompatible, there would be no Christians who were respected scientists. If fact, about forty percent of professional natural scientists are practicing Christians, and many others are theists of other kinds. Fewer than thirty percent are atheists.

Jeffrey Burton Russell

Jeffrey Burton Russell

Jeffrey Burton Russell

Born: August 1, 1934

Died: April 12, 2023 (aged 88)

Bio: Jeffrey Burton Russell was an American historian and religious studies scholar.

Known for:

Inventing the Flat Earth (1991)
A history of witchcraft (1980)
Witchcraft in the Middle Ages (1972)
Lucifer, the Devil in the Middle Ages (1984)

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