Who's Winning the War Against Science?

There is an outcry among scientists that they are being attacked on multiple fronts by fake news, alternative facts, climate change denial, fossil fuel industries, shrinking government funding, postmodernism, and religion. Is this siege mentality realistic or paranoid? It's realistic. This arti...

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Published in:Theology and science
Main Author: Peters, Ted 1941- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge [2018]
In: Theology and science
Year: 2018, Volume: 16, Issue: 2, Pages: 166-176
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
CF Christianity and Science
Further subjects:B Postmodernism
B Theology
B war on science
B Pope Francis
B alternative facts
B Science
B Religion
B Ecology
B Fake News
B climate change denial
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Summary:There is an outcry among scientists that they are being attacked on multiple fronts by fake news, alternative facts, climate change denial, fossil fuel industries, shrinking government funding, postmodernism, and religion. Is this siege mentality realistic or paranoid? It's realistic. This article encourages theologians and other religious leaders to ally themselves with scientists in defense of evidence-based judgments in public policy-making.
ISSN:1474-6719
Contains:Enthalten in: Theology and science
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2018.1455266