What can sociologists tell us about the dynamics between science and religion? Watch @network4sssr directors Elaine Howard Ecklund and John Evans explain how our social identities shape how we use science and/or religion to make sense of our lives.
https://t.co/kJtU0siwc5
"A Capital Driven Science | Religion & Science in For-Profit Tech Companies": Learn more about grantee @ddmemoryfly's research looking at the tech community as a kind of community of belief in Silicon Valley and elsewhere in the world.
https://t.co/u1EKNcSNFX
@TempletonRelig
Another successful conference: We organized two religion and science panels at @SSSReligion@ReligResearch meetings last weekend, with network members sharing the latest findings in the field.
Grantees Scheitle and Corcoran interviewed about their project findings for @ConversationUS:
Religion shapes vaccine views – but how exactly? Our analysis looks at ideas about God and beliefs about the Bible https://t.co/2eC3fneHkf
@issacharfund@TempletonRelig
Earlier this month, project co-leaders John Evans and Elaine Howard Ecklund hosted the “Report the Results” conference in San Diego. This was a chance for all researchers who had received funding from the @network4sssr re-granting initiative to gather and share project findings.
New pub from network member @eszter and @willmarler.
"Doesn’t Seem Like a Place to Interact, or Interact Well: Motivations to Discuss (and Not) Science and Religion on Social Media" is published in @SociusJournal:
https://t.co/ImzBUz0OnR
New pub from network member @ajacfrost and coauthors @PennyEMN and @MahalaMiller:
"What Makes Life Meaningful? Combinations of Meaningful Commitments Among Nonreligious and Religious Americans" in @SORJournal
https://t.co/kxddIc7owN
🚨 New job alert! @BoniukInstitute is hiring an Associate Director of Operations. They will work closely with the research and academic program arms in light of a new strategic plan, which makes research central to the Institute’s mission. Learn more: https://t.co/CiyYW7gIhA
New pub alert from a network member!
Check out @rcragun and coauthors' work published in @Nova_Religio:
"Outcast Women: Gender and Authenticity in Ex-Mormon Women’s Disaffiliation Narratives" https://t.co/NvHPyjJc4Q
New pub alert from a network member!
@estherchansoc and coauthors examine color-blindness, different types of color-cognizance, and views on race in Christian organizations. Click below to see their research published in @jssrjournal.
https://t.co/vT9ZjDG3lA
And that’s a wrap on Report the Results in San Diego! Many thanks to all the grantees for sharing their project results. And we are grateful to @issacharfund and @TempletonRelig for making these projects possible.
Actually, non religious groups gather to celebrate values, enjoy community, and find meaning in rituals. Creatively combine religious and scientific rituals and activities. (2/2)
@ajacfrost presenting now at Report the Results:
Approx 30% of Americans claim no religious affiliation. There is assumption that the loss of religion is a negative thing for ppl, eg moral decline. (1/2)
Lawton at Report the Results:
Memorials turn profane forms into sacred forms. Bodies referred to as gifts made to worthy recipients, a sacred act. Bodies not referred to as cadavers, rather as the dead and their bodies. Bc the bodies considered as gifts, students learn reverence.
LDS the least likely to see conflict between science method and religion than any other religious group. Mormons do indicate that we may put too much reliance on science (although they support and rely on it), but should also rely on faith. (3/3)
Questions raised at our Report the Results conference by @rcragun: can a high cost faith like Mormonism position itself to thrive in a scientific world? (1/3)
By and large, Mormons reject the ideas of religion/science conflict. They have knowledge and acceptance of scientific topics and rely on science to talk about the world around them. (2/3)