Being the geek that I am, one of my favorite religion writers is former particle physicist John Polkinghorne, one of those who helped discover the subatomic particle referenced in the post title. In 1979, Polkinghorne left the post of Professor of Mathematical Physics at Cambridge to become a priest in the Church of England. He served parishes for a few years and then began writing books on the interactions and intersections of science and religion.
The latest edition of the In Character online magazine has a brief question-and-answer session with Dr. Polkinghorne here, which should whet the appetite of the person who would like to take science, religion and those assorted interactions seriously (Note to the reader: People who offer with a straight face claims like "The Roman Catholic church executed Galileo" as an example of science-religion interaction need not apply for the status of taking these things seriously).
The ever-helpful Amazon groupings page offers a long list of Polkinghorne's books, many of which are written for folks with no special training in either theology or quantum physics.
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