Earlier I posted here on the harmonious relationship between faith and reason. J.P. Moreland comments on their relationship in his book Scientism and Secularism, writing “In his seventeenth-century work of art titled The Triumph of Faith over Nature, Philosophy, and Science, Peter Paul Rubens attempted to capture a widely held view of faith and reason. In his painting, Rubens depicted religion as a person seated in a triumphal chair on a cart pulled by angels. Walking beside and near the back of the cart are different figures. Among those figures are a young man and an old man representing, respectively, science and philosophy. The painting conveys the notion of an integrated worldview where faith and reason are in harmony, theology is the queen of the sciences, and the discipline of philosophy is the wise, old, long-standing friend of theology.” The painting Moreland is referring to is below.

Moreland goes on to write, “If a picture were created to capture the current scene, one might think of a football game with a dying old man (theology) trying to get into the stadium; a strong, sturdy running back (science) carrying the ball; and a lineman (philosophy) blocking for science. This change in perspective has had disastrous implications for Christianity and for human life, generally.”