Rejecting the conflict narrative: American Jewish and Muslim views on science and religion

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dc.citation.firstpage478
dc.citation.issueNumber4
dc.citation.journalTitleSocial Compass
dc.citation.lastpage496
dc.citation.volumeNumber63
dc.contributor.authorVaidyanathan, Brandon
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, David R.
dc.contributor.authorPrickett, Pamela
dc.contributor.authorEcklund, Elaine Howard
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T22:36:08Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T22:36:08Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractSociological research on the US population’s views of science and religion has recently burgeoned, but focuses primarily on Christian fundamentalists and evangelicals. Our study advances understandings of how Americans of non-Christian faiths – namely Judaism and Islam – perceive the relationship between science and religion. We draw on in-depth interviews (N=92) conducted in Orthodox Jewish, Reform Jewish, and Sunni Muslim congregations in two major cities to elucidate how respondents’ respective traditions help them frame the relationship between science and religion. Findings demonstrate that members of these religious communities distance themselves from the pervasive conflict narrative. They rely on religious texts and historical traditions to instead articulate relationships of compatibility and independence between science and religion, while developing strategies to negotiate conflict around delimited issues. Findings push the social scientific study of religion and science beyond a specifically Christian and conflict-oriented focus.
dc.identifier.citationVaidyanathan, Brandon, Johnson, David R., Prickett, Pamela, et al.. "Rejecting the conflict narrative: American Jewish and Muslim views on science and religion." <i>Social Compass,</i> 63, no. 4 (2016) Sage: 478-496. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0037768616664473.
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0037768616664473
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/93821
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSage
dc.rightsThis is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by the authors.
dc.subject.keywordscience
dc.subject.keywordconflict
dc.subject.keywordIslam
dc.subject.keywordJudaism
dc.subject.keywordUnited States
dc.titleRejecting the conflict narrative: American Jewish and Muslim views on science and religion
dc.typeJournal article
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dc.type.publicationpost-print
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