Religion vs. Science: What Religious People Really Think
Autor Elaine Howard Ecklund, Christopher P. Scheitleen Limba Engleză Hardback – 24 ian 2018
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780190650629
ISBN-10: 0190650621
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 236 x 160 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 0190650621
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 236 x 160 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Recenzii
There is something for everyone in this enjoyable book. The friendly, readable style means that a newcomer to the field will feel at ease. Meanwhile, the detail in the appendix offers plenty for more experienced researchers to study. The authors' self-imposed challenge of taking down myths means that they are picking up and weaving together a lot of threads, but attention is maintained by the liveliness of the text and by the characters in the interview vignettes.
...a valuable foundation for conversations about religion in public life, both within the university and with a broader audience. The authors balance accessible prose and well-documented quantitative data, such that material from this book may be well-suited as an introductory text for courses on religion and science, survey methods in the study of religion, or for readers outside of higher education.
It is essential reading for all scholars, scientists, and religious people interested in the current relationship between religion and science and the possibilities of where it can go in the future.
It clearly demonstrates that we must move beyond general statements, to a nuanced view of questions around religious attitudes toward science ... The book's prose is clear, coherent, and succinct. The size is manageable and the scope broad enough to maintain the interest of the general reader ... For students of social science, it will provide a grounding in contemporary thinking, and methodological considerations, in studying religion and science. For communicators and educators, the book's lesson is clear: familiarity and dialogue fosters engagement and understanding.
this volume offers cogent insight, most especially for readers interested in one of the goals of this journal: engaging the intersections of science and religion as they function in the lives of individuals and in societies.
One of the things I found most rewarding about reading Religion vs. Science
Religion vs Science is not simply a welcome and highly engaging contribuion to the contemporary debates about science and religious faith - it is also a powerful illustration of the way in which the social sciences can deepen our appreciation of how human beings hold together ideas originating from quite different sources.
... the authors dig deep into the numbers to interpret [the statistics], and enliven the text by many brief and revealing quotations from the people whom they interview - opinions that could form the basis for many a congregational discussion.
The book is a study of the replies to questionnaires which the authors compiled and a great number of interviews which they conducted ... It was clearly a very thorough study and the results are given in the book in the form of statistical tables and summaries of the interviews with representative individuals.
[B]y overturning stereotypes and providing a positive impetus toward better communication and cooperation, Religion vs. Science comes as highly recommended reading for anyone interested and everyone involved in the dialogue between science and religion.
Throughout the book, Ecklund and Sheitle are able to use nationally-representative survey data to give a broad overview of the views of religious Americans, while using quotations from in-depth interviews to explain and elaborate on their statistical findings. Their research methods are carefully outlined in multiple appendices, but the authors also discuss their statistical research in the main text in a way that is readily accessible. The authors do an admirable job of explaining how they are able to include other factors in their analyses, such as demographics, in order to understand if a difference between groups is due to religion or some other cause... Religion vs. Science provides a thorough and accessible overview of this topic in America and can serve as a springboard for further research on this topic.
Religion vs. Science presents a nuanced picture of the American religious landscape. By showing that religious people generally like science, it provides an alternative to the bipolar maps of the past. By acknowledging the lingering tensions between science and faith, it suggests that the potential for conflict remains.
...a valuable foundation for conversations about religion in public life, both within the university and with a broader audience. The authors balance accessible prose and well-documented quantitative data, such that material from this book may be well-suited as an introductory text for courses on religion and science, survey methods in the study of religion, or for readers outside of higher education.
It is essential reading for all scholars, scientists, and religious people interested in the current relationship between religion and science and the possibilities of where it can go in the future.
It clearly demonstrates that we must move beyond general statements, to a nuanced view of questions around religious attitudes toward science ... The book's prose is clear, coherent, and succinct. The size is manageable and the scope broad enough to maintain the interest of the general reader ... For students of social science, it will provide a grounding in contemporary thinking, and methodological considerations, in studying religion and science. For communicators and educators, the book's lesson is clear: familiarity and dialogue fosters engagement and understanding.
this volume offers cogent insight, most especially for readers interested in one of the goals of this journal: engaging the intersections of science and religion as they function in the lives of individuals and in societies.
One of the things I found most rewarding about reading Religion vs. Science
Religion vs Science is not simply a welcome and highly engaging contribuion to the contemporary debates about science and religious faith - it is also a powerful illustration of the way in which the social sciences can deepen our appreciation of how human beings hold together ideas originating from quite different sources.
... the authors dig deep into the numbers to interpret [the statistics], and enliven the text by many brief and revealing quotations from the people whom they interview - opinions that could form the basis for many a congregational discussion.
The book is a study of the replies to questionnaires which the authors compiled and a great number of interviews which they conducted ... It was clearly a very thorough study and the results are given in the book in the form of statistical tables and summaries of the interviews with representative individuals.
[B]y overturning stereotypes and providing a positive impetus toward better communication and cooperation, Religion vs. Science comes as highly recommended reading for anyone interested and everyone involved in the dialogue between science and religion.
Throughout the book, Ecklund and Sheitle are able to use nationally-representative survey data to give a broad overview of the views of religious Americans, while using quotations from in-depth interviews to explain and elaborate on their statistical findings. Their research methods are carefully outlined in multiple appendices, but the authors also discuss their statistical research in the main text in a way that is readily accessible. The authors do an admirable job of explaining how they are able to include other factors in their analyses, such as demographics, in order to understand if a difference between groups is due to religion or some other cause... Religion vs. Science provides a thorough and accessible overview of this topic in America and can serve as a springboard for further research on this topic.
Religion vs. Science presents a nuanced picture of the American religious landscape. By showing that religious people generally like science, it provides an alternative to the bipolar maps of the past. By acknowledging the lingering tensions between science and faith, it suggests that the potential for conflict remains.
Notă biografică
Elaine Howard Ecklund is Herbert S. Autrey Chair in Social Sciences and Professor of Sociology at Rice University.Christopher P. Scheitle is Assistant Professor of Sociology at West Virginia University.