Ken Miles, clinical academic and author of From Billiard Balls to Bishops: A Scientist’s Introduction to Christian Worship, explores whether we can feel the presence of God in an age of science 

Experiences in which God is truly and critically a part are a fundamental aspect of worship and that worship should (hopefully) entail such encounters. If, like me, you are a Christian and a scientist, you might want to understand how that could work. Identifying processes that underlie the sense of God’s presence would be fascinating in its own right, but perhaps more importantly it would lend support to the view that religious experiences represent a genuine perception of God. But what does it mean to feel the presence of God in an age of science?

As theoretical physicist and theologian John Polkinghorne has pointed out, the scientific approach seeks to develop and evaluate an evidence base of experiences before attempting to formulate wider forms of understanding. We can find reports of… (Register to read the rest of the article)