Science Vs. Religion

Science Vs. Religion
Title Science Vs. Religion PDF eBook
Author Elaine Howard Ecklund
Publisher OUP USA
Pages 241
Release 2010-05-06
Genre Religion
ISBN 0195392981

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That the longstanding antagonism between science and religion is irreconcilable has been taken for granted. And in the wake of recent controversies over teaching intelligent design and the ethics of stem-cell research, the divide seems as unbridgeable as ever.In Science vs. Religion, Elaine Howard Ecklund investigates this unexamined assumption in the first systematic study of what scientists actually think and feel about religion. In the course of her research, Ecklund surveyed nearly 1,700 scientists and interviewed 275 of them. She finds that most of what we believe about the faith lives of elite scientists is wrong. Nearly 50 percent of them are religious. Many others are what she calls "spiritual entrepreneurs," seeking creative ways to work with the tensions between science and faith outside the constraints of traditional religion. The book centers around vivid portraits of 10 representative men and women working in the natural and social sciences at top American research universities. Ecklund's respondents run the gamut from Margaret, a chemist who teaches a Sunday-school class, to Arik, a physicist who chose not to believe in God well before he decided to become a scientist. Only a small minority are actively hostile to religion. Ecklund reveals how scientists-believers and skeptics alike-are struggling to engage the increasing number of religious students in their classrooms and argues that many scientists are searching for "boundary pioneers" to cross the picket lines separating science and religion.With broad implications for education, science funding, and the thorny ethical questions surrounding stem-cell research, cloning, and other cutting-edge scientific endeavors, Science vs. Religion brings a welcome dose of reality to the science and religion debates.

Religion and the New Atheism

Religion and the New Atheism
Title Religion and the New Atheism PDF eBook
Author
Publisher BRILL
Pages 269
Release 2010-06-14
Genre Social Science
ISBN 9004190538

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The term “new atheism” has been given to the recent barrage of bestselling books written by Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, Christopher Hitchens, and others. These books and their authors have had a significant media presence and have only grown in popularity over the years. This book brings together scholars from religious studies, science, sociology of religion, sociology of science, philosophy, and theology to engage the new atheism and place it in the context of broader scholarly discourses. This volume will serve to contextualize and critically examine the claims, arguments and goals of the new atheism so that readers can become more informed of some of the debates with which the new atheists inevitably and, at times unknowingly, engage. Contributors include Richard Harries, Reza Aslan, Amarnath Amarasingam, Robert Platzner, Jeffrey Robbins, Christopher Rodkey, Rory Dickson, Steve Fuller, William Sims Bainbridge, William A. Stahl, Stephen Bullivant, Michael Borer, Richard Cimino, Christopher Smith, Gregory R. Peterson, Jeff Nall, Ryan Falcioni, and Mark Vernon. Studies in Critical Research on Religion, vol. 1

Teaching about Religion in the Social Studies Classroom

Teaching about Religion in the Social Studies Classroom
Title Teaching about Religion in the Social Studies Classroom PDF eBook
Author Charles C. Haynes
Publisher
Pages 248
Release 2019
Genre Religion
ISBN 9780879861131

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Religion as Social Capital

Religion as Social Capital
Title Religion as Social Capital PDF eBook
Author Corwin E. Smidt
Publisher Baylor University Press
Pages 270
Release 2003
Genre Religion
ISBN 0918954851

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While Robert Putnam's Bowling Alone (2000) highlighted the notion of volunteerism, little attention has been paid to religion's role in generating social capital--an ironic omission since religion constitutes the most common form of voluntary association in America today. Featuring essays by prominent social scientists, this is the first book-length, systematic examination of the relationship between religion and social capital and what effects religious social capital has on democratic life in the United States.

Why Religion is Natural and Science is Not

Why Religion is Natural and Science is Not
Title Why Religion is Natural and Science is Not PDF eBook
Author Robert N. McCauley
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 352
Release 2013-11
Genre Psychology
ISBN 0199341540

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A comparison of the cognitive foundations of religion and science and an argument that religion is cognitively natural and that science is cognitively unnatural.

Science, Belief and Society

Science, Belief and Society
Title Science, Belief and Society PDF eBook
Author Jones, Stephen
Publisher Bristol University Press
Pages 344
Release 2019-05-22
Genre Social Science
ISBN 1529206944

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The relationship between science and belief has been a prominent subject of public debate for many years, one that has relevance to everything from science communication, health and education to immigration and national values. Yet, sociological analysis of these subjects remains surprisingly scarce. This wide-ranging book critically reviews the ways in which religious and non-religious belief systems interact with scientific theories and practices. Contributors explore how, for some secularists, ‘science’ forms an important part of social identity. Others examine how many contemporary religious movements justify their beliefs by making a claim upon science. Moving beyond the traditional focus on the United States, the book shows how debates about science and belief are firmly embedded in political conflict, class, community and culture.

Handbook of Religion and Social Institutions

Handbook of Religion and Social Institutions
Title Handbook of Religion and Social Institutions PDF eBook
Author Helen Rose Ebaugh
Publisher Springer Science & Business Media
Pages 432
Release 2007-10-23
Genre Social Science
ISBN 0387237895

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Handbook for Religion and Social Institutions is written for sociologists who study a variety of sub-disciplines and are interested in recent studies and theoretical approaches that relate religious variables to their particular area of interest. The handbook focuses on several major themes: - Social Institutions such as Politics, Economics, Education, Health and Social Welfare - Family and the Life Cycle - Inequality - Social Control - Culture - Religion as a Social Institution and in a Global Perspective This handbook will be of interest to social scientists including sociologists, anthropologists, political scientists, and other researchers whose study brings them in contact with the study of religion and its impact on social institutions.