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Science vs Religion - What Scientists Really Think (Hardcover)
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That the longstanding antagonism between science and religion is
irreconcilable has been taken for granted. And in the wake of
recent controversies over teaching intelligent design and the
ethics of stem-cell research, the divide seems as unbridgeable as
ever.
In Science vs. Religion, Elaine Howard Ecklund investigates this
unexamined assumption in the first systematic study of what
scientists actually think and feel about religion. In the course of
her research, Ecklund surveyed nearly 1,700 scientists and
interviewed 275 of them. She finds that most of what we believe
about the faith lives of elite scientists is wrong. Nearly 50
percent of them are religious. Many others are what she calls
"spiritual entrepreneurs," seeking creative ways to work with the
tensions between science and faith outside the constraints of
traditional religion. The book centers around vivid portraits of 10
representative men and women working in the natural and social
sciences at top American research universities. Ecklund's
respondents run the gamut from Margaret, a chemist who teaches a
Sunday-school class, to Arik, a physicist who chose not to believe
in God well before he decided to become a scientist. Only a small
minority are actively hostile to religion. Ecklund reveals how
scientists-believers and skeptics alike-are struggling to engage
the increasing number of religious students in their classrooms and
argues that many scientists are searching for "boundary pioneers"
to cross the picket lines separating science and religion.
With broad implications for education, science funding, and the
thorny ethical questions surrounding stem-cell research, cloning,
and other cutting-edge scientific endeavors, Science vs. Religion
brings a welcome dose of reality to the science and religion
debates.
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