Trust in God gives confidence

I have been reading a book by Francis Schaeffer titled, "How should we then Live?". For a history teacher who loves theology, it is fascinating! Today I read an idea that the author claims was supported by both Alfred North Whitehead and J. Robert Oppenheimer; scientists in the Medieval world benefited from their Christian foundation and trust in God, a God who created them in His image, because it gave them a sense of courage to believe that they could unravel the mysteries of the universe. Believing that God is a god of logic and truth that worked in a rational way, helped them to work with a sense of confidence that the world can be understood by mere man.
Granted, others, such as Muslims have shared the premise that their desire to understand the world might also help them to understand the God they believe in, but this desire to seek God in understanding the world of science was not shared by the Chinese in history and, since around the 1500s has also not been shared by Muslims.
I love the idea that God reveals himself to us in both the Bible and in Nature and it makes me want to study both areas more and more.