▁ ▁Science ▁ ▁Science ▁acknowled ges ▁reason , ▁empir ic ism , ▁and ▁evidence ; ▁and ▁relig ions ▁include ▁revel ation , ▁faith ▁and ▁sacred ness ▁whilst ▁also ▁acknowled ging ▁philosoph ical ▁and ▁met aph ys ical ▁explan ations ▁with ▁regard ▁to ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁the ▁universe . ▁Both ▁science ▁and ▁religion ▁are ▁not ▁mon ol ith ic , ▁tim eless , ▁or ▁static ▁because ▁both ▁are ▁complex ▁social ▁and ▁cultural ▁endeav ors ▁that ▁have ▁changed ▁through ▁time ▁across ▁languages ▁and ▁cult ures . ▁ ▁The ▁concepts ▁of ▁science ▁and ▁religion ▁are ▁a ▁recent ▁in vention : ▁the ▁term ▁religion ▁emer ged ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 7 th ▁century ▁in ▁the ▁midst ▁of ▁colon ization ▁and ▁global ization ▁and ▁the ▁Protest ant ▁Re formation . ▁The ▁term ▁science ▁emer ged ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁out ▁of ▁natural ▁philosophy ▁in ▁the ▁midst ▁of ▁attempts ▁to ▁narrow ly ▁define ▁those ▁who ▁studied ▁nature ▁( natural ▁science ), ▁and ▁the ▁phrase ▁religion ▁and ▁science ▁emer ged ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁re ification ▁of ▁both ▁concepts . ▁It ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁that ▁the ▁terms ▁Buddh ism , ▁H indu ism , ▁T ao ism , ▁and ▁Conf u cian ism ▁first ▁emer ged . ▁In ▁the ▁ancient ▁and ▁medieval ▁world , ▁the ▁et ym ological ▁Latin ▁roots ▁of ▁both ▁science ▁( s cient ia ) ▁and ▁religion ▁( rel ig io ) ▁were ▁understood ▁as ▁inner ▁qual ities ▁of ▁the ▁individual ▁or ▁virt