In Defense of Publics: Projection, Bias, and Cultural Narratives in Science and Religion Debates
John H. Evans's recent book Morals Not Knowledge is a timely argument to recognize broader social and cultural factors that might impact what U.S. religious publics think about the relationship between science and religion and their attitudes toward science and/or religion. While Evans's f...
| Autres titres: | JOHN EVANS'S MORALS NOT KNOWLEDGE |
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Open Library of Humanities$s2024-
[2019]
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Zygon
Année: 2019, Volume: 54, Numéro: 3, Pages: 618-633 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Evans, John Hyde 1965-, Morals not knowledge
/ Sciences de la nature
/ Religion
/ Débat
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| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
public perceptions of science
B science and religion in society B evolutionary science |
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| Résumé: | John H. Evans's recent book Morals Not Knowledge is a timely argument to recognize broader social and cultural factors that might impact what U.S. religious publics think about the relationship between science and religion and their attitudes toward science and/or religion. While Evans's focus is primarily on what can be classed as moral issues, this response argues that there are other factors that sit within neither the older epistemic conflict model approach nor a moral conflict model approach that also merit further investigation. There is a significant need for further research that examines the social, psychological, (geo)political, and broader cultural factors shaping people's social identities in relation to science and religion debates. When undertaking such research, we need to be wary of creating a binary between scholarly and public space discourse. Social scientific research in this field should be led by public perceptions, attitudes, and views, not by concepts or frameworks that we project onto them. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9744 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Zygon
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12548 |