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Author Evans, John Hyde, 1965- author.

Title Morals not knowledge : recasting the contemporary U.S. conflict between religion and science / John H. Evans.

Publication Info. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
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Description 1 online resource
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- The religion and science advocates in the academic debate -- The academic analysts of the relationship between religion and science -- Recent transformation of elite academic and public debates -- Existing research on the public -- Empirical tests of knowledge and belief conflict for the religious public -- Empirical tests of moral conflict for the religious public -- Conclusion.
Summary "Academics have long claimed that the relationship between religion and science concerns knowledge of the physical world, and that conflict ensues because religion has one way of knowing and science another. For example, it is claimed that to find the age of the Earth religious people look to holy scripture and scientists look at the age of rocks. This book shows that this is indeed true among the elites who focus on this debate. However, contrary to the assumptions of elites and public discourse in general, that same relationship and conflict does not exist between religious citizens and science. This book shows that regular religious people in the U.S. are at most in conflict over a few fact claims with science, and that this limited conflict does not lead to conflict with scientific claims writ large. More importantly, American religion has changed since the 1960s, de-emphasizing knowledge claims about the physical world, and becoming more focused on social relationships and thus morality. This book shows that any religion and science debate in the public is not about scientific claims about nature, such as the age of the Earth, but rather about morality - and opposition to the morality implicitly promoted by scientists"--Provided by publisher.
Note Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
Language In English.
Access Open Access EbpS
Subject Religion and science -- United States -- 20th century.
Ethics -- Social aspects.
Morale -- Aspect social.
Religion et sciences -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle.
RELIGION -- Religion & Science.
Ethics -- Social aspects
Religion and science
United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Indexed Term climate change.
comparative religion.
conservative politicians.
conservative religious americans.
contemporary religion.
factual claims.
fundamental conflicts.
making claims.
moral conflict.
morality.
nature.
religion vs science.
religious ethics.
religious people.
science.
scientific findings.
scientists.
sociology and religion.
Other Form: Print version: Evans, John Hyde, 1965- author. Morals not knowledge Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018] 9780520297432 (DLC) 2017042858
ISBN 0520969782
9780520969780 (electronic bk.)
9780520297432 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0520297431 (pbk.)
Standard No. 10.1525/9780520969780 doi

 
    
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