Religion and Science: Beyond the Epistemological Conflict Narrative Export

@article{citeulike:3787723, abstract = {Studies of the relationship between religion and science have traditionally assumed that any conflict that exists is based on epistemology. This assumption is built into the history of Western academic thought, the founding of sociology itself, as well as the common definitions of religion used by social scientists. This assumption has hindered the examination of the relationship between religion and science. We categorize studies of the relationship between science and religion into three groups: the symbolic epistemological conflict studies, the symbolic directional influence studies, and the social-institutional studies. We find that the social-institutional studies, which most closely examine actual public conflicts, do not presume that the conflict is over epistemological claims and offer a more general and fruitful approach to examining the relationship between religion and science.}, author = {Evans, John H. and Evans, Michael S.}, citeulike-article-id = {3787723}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.soc.34.040507.134702}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.soc.34.040507.134702}, doi = {10.1146/annurev.soc.34.040507.134702}, journal = {Annual Review of Sociology}, keywords = {cienrelfi, dialogcienrel, epistemology}, number = {1}, pages = {87--105}, posted-at = {2008-12-29 17:10:23}, priority = {2}, title = {Religion and Science: Beyond the Epistemological Conflict Narrative}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.soc.34.040507.134702}, volume = {34}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3787723 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3787723 N2 - Studies of the relationship between religion and science have traditionally assumed that any conflict that exists is based on epistemology. This assumption is built into the history of Western academic thought, the founding of sociology itself, as well as the common definitions of religion used by social scientists. This assumption has hindered the examination of the relationship between religion and science. We categorize studies of the relationship between science and religion into three groups: the symbolic epistemological conflict studies, the symbolic directional influence studies, and the social-institutional studies. We find that the social-institutional studies, which most closely examine actual public conflicts, do not presume that the conflict is over epistemological claims and offer a more general and fruitful approach to examining the relationship between religion and science. IS - 1 JF - Annual Review of Sociology EP - 105 TI - Religion and Science: Beyond the Epistemological Conflict Narrative VL - 34 SP - 87 KW - cienrelfi KW - dialogcienrel KW - epistemology AU - Evans, John AU - Evans, Michael PY - 2008/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.soc.34.040507.134702 ER -