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As a celebration of the Religion and Public Life Program's 10-year anniversary, we are showcasing stories from the students, scholars, and leaders we have trained and worked with over the past decade.
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This fall Colton Cox began his first year of law school at University of Texas at Austin, after working in international affairs and public policy for the past several years. While a student at Rice, Colton worked as an RPLP undergraduate student fellow from 2015 to 2018. Click above to hear what Colton learned during his time with the RPLP and what skills he was able to carry with him after graduating from Rice.
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SCIENCE AND RELIGION IN (GLOBAL) PUBLIC LIFE - The RPLP director has published "Science and Religion in (Global) Public Life: A Sociological Perspective" in Journal of the American Academy of Religion, which you can read online here. This paper is based on a Gifford Lecture that she gave in 2018 at the University of Edinburgh.
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VARIETIES OF ATHEISM IN SCIENCE - In their latest book, Varieties of Atheism in Science, coauthors Elaine Howard Ecklund and David R. Johnson explore the different -- and surprising -- types of atheism in science. Read the Rice University press release for more about the book in their own words.
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LISTEN TO THE LATEST EPISODE - "Why Religion Is Still Relevant" is the latest episode of our podcast, Religion Unmuted. Why should we listen to what scholars of religion have to say about today’s most pressing problems? In this episode, Rabbi Dr. Andrea Weiss shares her explanation for why these viewpoints matter, as well as the importance of expanding the diversity of religious voices coming to the table to speak about contemporary issues. Listen to this episode, and check out all of our previous episodes on Apple or Spotify.
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FERTILIZING MORALITY - RPLP fellows Esther Chan (left) and Sharan Kaur Mehta (right) have published new research entitled "Fertilizing Morality: How Religiosity and Orientations Toward Science Shape the Morality, Immorality, and Amorality of Reproductive Technologies." Their research explores why people hold certain views of reproductive technologies, including in vitro fertilization, disease reproductive genetic technologies, and enhancement reproductive genetic technologies.
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PARENTING IS THE MOTHER OF GENDER INEQUALITY IN SCIENCE - In an opinion piece for Times Higher Education, RPLP fellows Elaine Howard Ecklund and Di Di conclude that "science is a global enterprise and so, it seems, are its inequities" and that "we need global institutional solutions to achieve true equity in science." Read the op ed for more about the research that informed their recommendations.
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SCIENCE AND RELIGION: WHY HONG KONG AND TAIWAN ARE DIFFERENT - The RPLP is excited to co-sponsor this event with the University of Hong Kong’s Faith and Science Collaborative Research Forum. In this lecture, Elaine Howard Ecklund, David R. Johnson, and Di Di will explore the nuances of what scientists think about religion and spirituality across different national contexts, the ways scientists in Hong Kong and Taiwan are distinct in how they define and understand religion, and the impact of religion on gender representation in scientific communities.
The lecture is on September 22nd at 8:00pm CT. To register, visit: https://bit.ly/science-religion-hongkong-taiwan.
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