Scientism, creationism or category error? A cross‐age survey of secondary school students’ perceptions of the relationships between science and religion
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DOI: 10.1002/curj.83
Abstract: We report on a survey of 1717 students at two different points of their secondary school education. This survey is designed to discover their reasoning about scientific and religious accounts of the origins of the… read more here.
Keywords: science; science religion; survey; secondary school ... See more keywords
Cryonics: Science or Religion
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DOI: 10.1007/s10943-020-01166-6
Abstract: Cryonics involves the low-temperature freezing of human corpses in the hope that they will one day be reanimated. Its advocates see it as a medical treatment but as in any medical procedure, this presupposes some… read more here.
Keywords: death; science; science religion; cryonics science ... See more keywords
Non-monotonic Logic and the Compatibility of Science and Religion
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DOI: 10.1007/s11787-019-00230-4
Abstract: The article aims to show how the acceptance of non-monotonic logic enables arguments to be held between science and religion in a way that does not exclude either of these two spheres. The starting point… read more here.
Keywords: non monotonic; monotonic logic; science religion;
Tom McLeish, Faith and Wisdom in Science, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014), pp. 304. £18.99/$23.32 (hbk).
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DOI: 10.1017/s0036930615000617
Abstract: Philosophers, theologians and scientists have long been discussing the models which best represent the interaction between science and religion. They bring historical evidence, refer to scripture and give expert information from the fields they specialise… read more here.
Keywords: oxford; science; theology; wisdom ... See more keywords
The many histories of the conflict thesis: the science vs. religion narrative in nineteenth-century Germany.
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DOI: 10.1080/00033790.2023.2187086
Abstract: The idea of an inevitable conflict between science and religion leading to relentless hostility between the two emerged in the nineteenth century and has become a powerful narrative of modernity. Most historians of science trace… read more here.
Keywords: thesis; science religion; conflict thesis;
‘An ethnographical laboratory’: science, religion and the origins of the North-West Reserve
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DOI: 10.1080/14490854.2019.1590148
Abstract: Abstract South Australia’s ‘North-West Reserve’, the core of what is now Pitjantjatjara Lands, was established in 1921. It is significant for being one of the first Aboriginal reserves established specifically to protect Aboriginal people from… read more here.
Keywords: reserve; science religion; ethnographical laboratory; north west ... See more keywords
Enactivist approaches to the cognitive science of religion
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DOI: 10.1080/17432200.2018.1485339
Abstract: What does the cognitive science of religion (hereafter, CSR) offer to studies of religious embodiment and materiality? The answer to this question depends on how we understand CSR, which in turn depends on how we… read more here.
Keywords: mind; science; cognitive science; science religion ... See more keywords
Varieties of Ignorance: Mystery and the Unknown in Science and Religion
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DOI: 10.1111/cogs.13129
Abstract: Abstract How and why does the moon cause the tides? How and why does God answer prayers? For many, the answer to the former question is unknown; the answer to the latter question is a… read more here.
Keywords: mystery; ignorance; belief; science religion ... See more keywords
Science, religion, and nonreligion: Engaging subdisciplines to move further beyond mythbusting
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DOI: 10.1177/00016993221116248
Abstract: Within the last 20 years sociological research on science and religion has provided new insights that challenge myths regarding conflicts between science and religion. Gaps in pre-existing work have been identified resulting in major shifts… read more here.
Keywords: science; nonreligion; sociology; science religion ... See more keywords
At the Crossroads of Science and Religion: A Sociological Approach
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DOI: 10.2478/ajis-2018-0024
Abstract: Abstract The relationship between science and religion has recently become the topic of intense discussions in the public sphere. However, up to now empirical social sciences have neglected qualitative reconstructions of scientists’ worldviews in this… read more here.
Keywords: crossroads science; science; sociological approach; religion sociological ... See more keywords
The Dark of the Covenant: Christian Imagery, Fundamentalism, and the Relationship between Science and Religion in the Halo Video Game Series
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DOI: 10.3390/rel9040126
Abstract: What do a bionic supersoldier, space stations and religious fanaticism have in common? They are all vital elements of the plot in Halo, a series of first-person shooter games developed by Bungie and published by… read more here.
Keywords: game; science; relationship science; science religion ... See more keywords