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

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dc.citation.firstpage478en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber4en_US
dc.citation.journalTitleSocial Compassen_US
dc.citation.lastpage496en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber63en_US
dc.contributor.authorVaidyanathan, Brandonen_US
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, David R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorPrickett, Pamelaen_US
dc.contributor.authorEcklund, Elaine Howarden_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T22:36:08Zen_US
dc.date.available2017-01-30T22:36:08Zen_US
dc.date.issued2016en_US
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.en_US
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.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0037768616664473en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/93821en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherSageen_US
dc.rightsThis is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by the authors.en_US
dc.subject.keywordscienceen_US
dc.subject.keywordconflicten_US
dc.subject.keywordIslamen_US
dc.subject.keywordJudaismen_US
dc.subject.keywordUnited Statesen_US
dc.titleRejecting the conflict narrative: American Jewish and Muslim views on science and religionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.type.dcmiTexten_US
dc.type.publicationpost-printen_US
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