Science vs. religion : what scientists really think / Elaine Howard Ecklund.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ecklund, Elaine Howard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Other Title:

Science versus religion

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

We know little about how scientists engage with religion and spirituality. In this timely volume, Elaine Ecklund fills a void in our knowledge by examining the views of elite natural and social scientists from seven different disciplines at twenty-on top U.S. research universities.

Contents:

Crossing the picket lines : the personal faith of scientists. The real religious lives of scientists ; The voice of science ; The voice of faith ; Spiritual entrepreneurs

Society and broader publics. Suppression or engagement : how scientists handle religion in the classroom ; No God on the quad : efforts toward a purely secular university ; Is God on the quad : making room for faith on campus ; What scientists are doing wrong that they could be doing right ; Shattering myths, toward dialogue.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-222) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-73123-8

0-19-974553-6

9786612731235

OCLC:

922969951