Abstract
During the Middle Ages, it was not unusual for theologians to study the physical world. In fact, there was an amazing lack of strife between theology and science at this time. One reason for this cooperation was the large number of individuals trained in both theology and medieval science. It was the medieval theologian who tried to relate theology to science and science to theology. Today, it is uncommon to have a theologian also easily conversant in the scientific literature. John Polkinghorne, Arthur Peacocke, and Alister McGrath are well-known contemporary examples of scientists who later have been trained in theology and turned their attention to the integration of the two. A less familiar example is John Stapylton Habgood, who studied natural science at Cambridge and later lectured in physiology and pharmacology there for several years. In 1954, Habgood took orders in the Anglican Church and rose through the ecclesiastical hierarchy to eventually become Archbishop of York in 1983 until his retirement in 1995.