این سنخ‌شناسی مشابه آن‌هایی است که توسط عالمان الهیات [[ایان باربور|Ian Barbour]]،<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=4aUPT8fmrbYC&pg=PA2&vq=typology&source=gbs_search_r&cad=1_1&sig=ACfU3U24Iyg68UM2bEY8idn4TyMV4ViJtw Nature, Human Nature, and God], [[ایان باربور|Ian G. Barbour]], [[ Fortress Press]] , 2002, ISBN 0-8006-3477-2</ref> و John Haught استفاده شده‌اند.<ref>Haught, John F. (1995). ''Science and Religion : From Conflict to Conversation''. Paulist Prees. p. 9. [[International Standard Book Number|ISBN]] [[ویژه:BookSources/0-8091-3606-6|0-8091-3606-6]]. <q>Throughout these pages we shall observe that there are at least four distinct ways in which science and religion can be related to each other: 1) Conflict – the conviction that science and religion are fundamentally irreconcilable; 2) Contrast – the claim that there can be no genuine conflict since religion and science are each responding to radically different questions; 3) Contact – an approach that looks for both dialogue and interaction, and possible "consonance" between science and religion, and especially for ways in which science shapes religious and theological understanding. 4) Confirmation – a somewhat quieter but extremely important perspective that highlights the ways in which, at a very deep level, religion supports and nourishes the entire scientific enterprise.</q></ref> سنخ شناسی‌های بیشتری را که این رابطه را دسته‌بندی می‌کنند، می‌توان میان کارهای دیگر [[فهرست محققان علم و دین|دیگر محققان علم و دین]] مانند الهی‌شناس و زیست‌شیمی‌دان Arthur Peacocke یافت.<ref>''he Sciences and theology in the twentieth century'', [[Arthur Peacocke|Arthur R. Peacocke]] (ed), [[دانشگاه نوتردام|University of Notre Dame]] press, 1981 ISBN 0-268-01704-2, pp. xiii–xv</ref>
