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Michael S. Evans, Evans Michael S.
Seeking Good Debate - Religion, Science, and Conflict in American Public Life
English · Hardback
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“Original, theoretically rich, and potentially groundbreaking, this book brings serious empirical scrutiny directly to questions of religion, science, and deliberative democracy. Carefully investigating how people want deliberation to work, then how it actually works, Michael S. Evans successfully moves the debate forward a quantum leap.”—Andrew J. Perrin, Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
“Michael Evans moves the whole conversation about religion and science from one about conflict to one about what constitutes good debate in American society. As he well argues, ‘ultimately our shared commitment . . . offers hope for our shared future.’ Anyone who cares about good public debate should read this book!”—Elaine Howard Ecklund, Autrey Chair in Social Sciences and Professor of Sociology, Rice University
“The religion and science debate has long been central in the public imagination, but, incredibly, until now scholars have not examined the debate itself. In this wonderfully well-written book, Michael Evans takes the scholarship to the next stage. This is the most sophisticated treatment of religion and science in the public sphere available. A great accomplishment!”—John H. Evans, Professor of Sociology, University of California, San Diego
“Michael Evans moves the whole conversation about religion and science from one about conflict to one about what constitutes good debate in American society. As he well argues, ‘ultimately our shared commitment . . . offers hope for our shared future.’ Anyone who cares about good public debate should read this book!”—Elaine Howard Ecklund, Autrey Chair in Social Sciences and Professor of Sociology, Rice University
“The religion and science debate has long been central in the public imagination, but, incredibly, until now scholars have not examined the debate itself. In this wonderfully well-written book, Michael Evans takes the scholarship to the next stage. This is the most sophisticated treatment of religion and science in the public sphere available. A great accomplishment!”—John H. Evans, Professor of Sociology, University of California, San Diego
List of contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
1. Rethinking Religion and Science
2. Considering Conflict: Human Origins and Stem Cell Research
3. Potential Encounters: Origins of Homosexuality and Environmental Policy
4. Representatives and Good Debate
5. Ordinary Americans and Good Debate
6. Owning the Space: Religious Credibility in the Public Sphere
7. Religion and Bad Debate
8. Faceless Science: Scientific Credibility in the Public Sphere
9. Science and Bad Debate
10. The Future of Religion and Science in American Public Life
Methodological Appendix
Notes
References
Index
Acknowledgments
1. Rethinking Religion and Science
2. Considering Conflict: Human Origins and Stem Cell Research
3. Potential Encounters: Origins of Homosexuality and Environmental Policy
4. Representatives and Good Debate
5. Ordinary Americans and Good Debate
6. Owning the Space: Religious Credibility in the Public Sphere
7. Religion and Bad Debate
8. Faceless Science: Scientific Credibility in the Public Sphere
9. Science and Bad Debate
10. The Future of Religion and Science in American Public Life
Methodological Appendix
Notes
References
Index
About the author
Michael S.Evans is a Neukom Fellow at the Neukom Institute for Computational Science, Dartmouth College. He received a PhD in sociology from the Science Studies Program, University of California, San Diego.
Summary
Why do religion and science often appear in conflict in America's public sphere? This title examines the results from the study to combine large-scale empirical analysis of some of our foremost religion and science debates with in-depth research into what Americans actually want in the public sphere.
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"Evans brings a fresh perspective in his argument that there is nothing inherently controversial about any of these issues. Moreover, he argues there is no reason that we should understand conflict between these and similar issues to be anchored within inherently opposing approaches by religious and scientific authorities. . .This is a smart and thought-provoking book.
Product details
| Authors | Michael S. Evans, Evans Michael S. |
| Publisher | University Of California Press |
| Languages | English |
| Product format | Hardback |
| Released | 16.02.2016 |
| EAN | 9780520285071 |
| ISBN | 978-0-520-28507-1 |
| No. of pages | 256 |
| Subjects |
Humanities, art, music
> Religion/theology
> General, dictionaries
Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general) SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, HISTORY / Social History, RELIGION / Religion & Science, Religion & beliefs, Social and cultural history, Religion and science, Social groups: religious groups and communities |
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