Religious Belief and Science

Preface

1. Background and History
Science
Religious Belief
Christianity
Judaism
Islam
Hinduism
Buddhism
Historical Relationship between Science and Religion
Mistrust of Science and Scientists
Science, Postmodernism, and Social Constructionism
Science and the Bible
Stephen Jay Gould and Non-Overlapping Magisteria
Overlapping of Religion and Science
The Influence of Religion on Science
Church Positions on Science in the United States
Mainline Denominations
Conservative/Evangelical Denominations

2. Problems, Controversies, and Solutions
Prohibition
Evolution
Medication abortion
Homosexuality
Gender transition
Climate change
Covid-19 and vaccination
Creationism, geology, and the age of the earth
Medical aid in dying
Fluoridation of water
Artificial intelligence
Education

3. Perspectives
Unitarian Universalists and Science
Jeffrey Victor

Religious Belief and Attitudes about the Possibility of Extra-Terrestrial Life
James M. Vanderleeuw

The Evolution of Understanding the American Public's Understanding of Evolution
Glenn Branch

God Is Real, but Space Is Fake: Flat Earth and Religious Belief
Craig Foster

Religious Belief and Views of the Covid-19 Vaccine
Thomas E. Sowers

4. Profiles
Michael Behe
Greg Cootsona
Daniel Dennett
Owen G. Gingerich
Stephen Jay Gould
William Sanford Nye
Naomi Oreskes
Alvin Plantinga
T. O. Shanavas
Neil deGrass Tyson
Howard J. Van Till
Alan B. Wallace

American Scientific Affiliation
Center for Inquiry
Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences
Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation
Discovery Institute
Evangelical Environmental Network
Freedom From Religion Foundation
Institute for Creation Research
John Templeton Foundation
National Center for Science Education
Reasons to Believe

5. Data and Documents

The Teaching of Evolution

Tennessee Butler Act, 1925
Exchange between Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan, State of Tennessee v. Scopes, 1925
Arkansas Anti-Evolution Statute, 1928
Opinion by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas, Epperson v. Arkansas, 1968
Arkansas Balanced Treatment of Creation-Science and Evolution-Science in Public Schools Act, 1981
Decision by Judge William Overton, McLean v. Arkansas Board of Education, 1982
Louisiana Balanced Treatment for Creation-Science and Evolution-Science in Public School Instruction Act, 1981
Opinion by William J. Brennan, Edwards v. Aguillard, 1987
Dover Area School District Board of Directors Resolution, 2004
Tammy Kitzmiller et al. v. Dover Area School District et al., 2005

Abortion and Fertility

Decision by Matthew J. Kacsmaryk, Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine et al. v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration et al., 2023
Concurring Opinion by Chief Justice Tom Parker, Le Page v. Reproductive Medicine, 2024

6. Resources
Books
Periodicals
Websites
Videos

7. Chronology

Glossary
Index

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