Science, Belief and Society: International Perspectives on Religion, Non-Religion and the Public Understanding of Science

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Science, Belief and Society

International Perspectives on Religion, Non-Religion and the Public Understanding of Science

This wide-ranging book critically reviews the ways in which religious and non-religious belief systems interact with scientific methods, traditions and theories. 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.

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International Perspectives on Religion, Non-Religion and the Public Understanding of Science

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Frontmatter
pp i-ii

Contents
pp iii-iv

List of Figures and Tables
pp v-vi

Notes on Contributors
pp vii-xii

Editors’ Acknowledgement
pp xiii-xiv

Foreword
pp xv-xviii

Editors’ Introduction: Science, Belief and the Sociological Tradition
pp xix-xxxvi

PART I - Methodological Challenges in the Study of Science and Belief
pp 1-2

1 - The Sociological Study of Science and Religion in Context
pp 3-24

2 - Survey-based Research on Science and Religion: A Review and Critique
pp 25-54

3 - Language, Labels and Lived Identity in Debates about Science, Religion and Belief
pp 55-78

4 - Researching Clergy Attitudes towards Science: A Reflective Account of Key Methodological Challenges
pp 79-100

PART II - Belief in the Study of Science and Technology
pp 101-102

5 - From ‘Science and Religion’ to ‘Transcendence in Science’, or: What We Can Learn from the (History of) Science and Technology Studies
pp 103-126

6 - Rational Believers: Religion, Tradition and Spirituality among Indian Scientists
pp 127-146

7 - Muslim Perceptions of Biological Evolution: A Critical Review of Quantitative and Qualitative Research
pp 147-170

PART III - Science, Culture and Non-religion
pp 171-172

8 - Feeling Rational: Affinity and Affinity Narratives in British Science–Non-religion Relations
pp 173-196

9 - Avoiding the ‘Anti-intellectual Abyss’: How Secular Humanists in Sweden try to Define the Boundaries between Science, Religion, Pseudoscience and Postmodernism
pp 197-222

10 - Atheism and the Social Sciences
pp 223-238

PART IV - Religion, Conflict and Moderation
pp 239-240

11 - Science and the Unearned Virtues of the ‘Really Religious People’: Exploring the Association between Perceived Religiosity and Science Rejection among Students in the Midwestern United States
pp 241-262

12 - Discourses on Science and Islam: A View from Britain
pp 263-288

Conclusion: Future Directions in the Sociological Study of Science and Belief
pp 289-298

Index
pp 299-307

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