Seeing science as part of philosophy, and philosophy as a way of understanding human purpose, destiny and the right way to live in this god-soaked world helps us understand the complex and sometimes contradictory relationship that Christians (and Jews) of the classical world had with it.
Spencer, Nicholas. Magisteria: The Entangled Histories of Science and Religion. London, Oneworld Publications, 2023. 20.
I am completely bewitched by the idea of a lower-case-g “god-soaked world,” whether in the classical Mediterranean context or otherwise.