Church Leaders’ Responses to Science: Enthusiasm, Complexity and Uncertainty
| Autor: | Reid, Lydia |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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bepress|Social and Behavioral Sciences|Sociology
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| Popis: | There has been a growing body of academic literature over the last ten years that has attempted to challenge the notion that science and religion are in conflict with each other (otherwise known as the ‘conflict thesis’). One prominent voice associated with this position has been the theologian Ian Barbour and his four-fold typology on how science and religion relate to each other (‘conflict’, ‘dialogue’, ‘integration’ and ‘independence). In this article, I reflect on Barbour’s contribution to the field, as well as my inclusion of his framework in a survey I carried out on clergy attitudes to science. The fieldwork comprised a survey of over 1,000 UK church leaders and interviews with 20 senior church leaders. The key themes explored in the findings relate to the roles of enthusiasm, complexity and uncertainty in church leaders’ conceptions of science and religion. The research included in this article (carried out during 2015-2018) was commissioned by the project ‘Equipping Christian Leadership in an Age of Science’. |
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