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SUMMARY:The Religious Beliefs of Scientists - a Sociological Analysis - Pr
 of. Elaine Howard Ecklund\, Rice University\, USA
DTSTART:20120306T130000Z
DTEND:20120306T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:From 2005-2009 Rice University sociologist Elaine Howard Ecklu
 nd completed the most comprehensive study to date of how US scientists at 
 top universities understand religion\, spirituality\, and ethics\, surveyi
 ng nearly 1700 of them and doing in-depth interviews with 275. During the 
 Faraday lecture she will discuss her book on this topic\, Science Vs. Reli
 gion: What Scientists Really Think (Oxford University Press). She will com
 pare this work with recent interviews she has completed among biologists i
 n the UK. Finally Ecklund will discuss a new study she is beginning that w
 ill survey 10\,000 biologists and physicists at different points in their 
 careers at top universities and research institutes in the United States\,
  the United Kingdom\, Turkey\, Italy\, France and China to determine how s
 cientists in different national contexts understand the relationship of sc
 ience and religion (and\, where relevant\, spirituality) and how religion 
 and spirituality influence their research agendas\, daily interactions wit
 h students\, and ethical decisions and discussions.
LOCATION:Garden Room\, Library Building\, St. Edmund’s College
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