Science vs. religion : what do scientists really believe? /
"After thousands of hours spent talking to the nation's leading scientists, Elaine Howard Ecklund argues that the American public has widespread misconceptions about scientists' views of religion. Few scientists are committed secularists. Only a small minority actively reject and work...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2010]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "After thousands of hours spent talking to the nation's leading scientists, Elaine Howard Ecklund argues that the American public has widespread misconceptions about scientists' views of religion. Few scientists are committed secularists. Only a small minority actively reject and work against religion. And many are themselves religious. The majority are whom she calls spiritual pioneers, who desire to link their spirituality with a greater mission for the work they do as scientists. In the current climate, even scientists who are not religious recognize that they must engage with religion as they are pressed by their students to respond to faith in the classroom -- what Ecklund calls environmental push. Based on a survey and interviews with scientists at more than 20 elite U.S. universities, Ecklund's book argues that other scientists must step up to the table of dialogue and that American believers must embrace science again. Both science and religion are at stake if any less is done."--Publisher. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 228 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-222) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199777105 0199777101 9780195392982 0195392981 |