Science, religion, and health Lluis Oviedo, OFM Pontifical University Antonianum, Rome Studies on religion, health, wellbeing and flourishing have proliferated in recent years to the point of becoming unmanageable. Theologians are unsure what to make of this vast body of research. On the one hand, the results clearly point to a moderately positive effect of religion on these human dimensions; indeed, they arouse a certain renewed interest in religion and its function or utility. On the other hand, their methods (mostly empirical) and approach (typically pragmatic) surprise theology as something quite alien to its own tradition. A question worth exploring further is whether the sub-discipline of science and religion is better equipped and could provide a better framework for receiving and managing this research. After all, health sciences