The Big Questions in Science and Religion explores these ten queries to determine whether religious beliefs can survive in the scientific age. Author Keith Ward, an expert in the field of world religions, devotes a full chapter to each question, wherein he considers concepts from Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Islam, Hinduism, Judaism, and Christianity, alongside the speculations of cosmologists, physicians, mathematicians, and philosophers.

Whether considering the role of religious experience as evidence of a nonphysical reality or weighing the value of spiritual practice in an age of science, Ward effortlessly flows from one fascinating insight to another about the often contentious relationship between diverse religious views and new scientific knowledge. Writing with both passion and clarity, he masterfully conveys the depth, the difficulty, and the importance of the greatest intellectual and existential questions of the modern scientific age.