| Description |
1 online resource (404 pages) |
| Contents |
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction, by Myrna Perez Sheldon, Terence Keel, and Ahmed Ragab -- Part I. Values -- Introduction, by Terence Keel, Ahmed Ragab, and Myrna Perez Sheldon -- 1. Scripture of False Smiles: Scholarship and Lying with Erving Goffman, by Kathryn Lofton -- 2. Nihilism, Race, and the Critical Study of Science and Religion, by Terence Keel -- 3. A Feminist Theology of Abortion, by Myrna Perez Sheldon -- 4. Can Originalism Save Bioethics?, by Osagie K. Obasogie -- Part II. Boundaries |
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Introduction, by Myrna Perez Sheldon, Terence Keel, and Ahmed Ragab -- 5. Spiriting the Johnstons: Producing Science and Religion Under Settler Colonial Rule, by Tisa Wenger -- 6. Dark Gods in the Age of Light: The Lightbulb, the Japanese Deification of Thomas Edison, and the Entangled Constructions of Religion and Science, by Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm -- 7. Questioning the Sacred Cow: Science, Religion, and Race in the United States and India, by Cassie Adcock -- 8. "And God Knows Best": Knowledge, Expertise, and Trust in the Postcolonial Web-Sphere, by Ahmed Ragab -- Part III. Narratives |
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Introduction, by Ahmed Ragab, Terence Keel, and Myrna Perez Sheldon -- 9. Secular Grace in the Age of Environmentalism, by Erika Lorraine Milam -- 10. Performing Polygenism: Science, Religion, and Race in the Enlightenment, by Suman Seth -- 11. Out of Africa: Where Faith, Race, and Science Collide, by Joseph Graves Jr. -- Part IV. Coherence -- Introduction, by Ahmed Ragab, Terence Keel, and Myrna Perez Sheldon -- 12. Kānaka Maoli Voyaging Technology and Geography Beyond Colonial Difference, by Eli Nelson |
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13. Speculation Is Not a Metaphor: More than Varieties of Cryobiological Experience, by Joanna Radin -- 14. Maroon Science: Knowledge, Secrecy, and Crime in Jamaica, by Katharine Gerbner -- 15. Obeah Simplified? Scientism, Magic, and the Problem of Universals, by J. Brent Crosson -- Conclusion, by Myrna Perez Sheldon, Terence Keel, and Ahmed Ragab -- List of Contributors -- Index |
| Summary |
"Currently scholarship on science and religion covers a range of topics, including religious responses to scientific and technological developments, methodological approaches to the study of science and religion, and normative proposals for the relationship between the categories. Despite this breadth, the field typically frames important questions of human existence as abstract philosophical and theological inquiries. But what if these are not two distinctly separate categories? Can science and religion scholarship become more public-facing and speak directly to the social and political issues that shape our everyday lives? With Critical Approaches to Science and Religion, Myrna Perez Sheldon, Ahmed Ragab, and Terence Keel argue that this is possible when perspectives from three areas of critical theory-critical-race theory, feminist and queer theory, and postcolonial theory-are brought to bear on the field. By engaging with these critical theories, scholars would be better able to account for how histories of empire, slavery, and patriarchy have shaped science and religion in modern times. Developing this critical historical perspective would, in turn, enable science and religion scholarship to speak meaningfully to contemporary political issues including climate change, immigration, healthcare, reproductive justice, and sexual identity. The book seeks to reframe the study of science and religion such that those who engage with its scholarship will be better positioned to explore questions such as: should religious communities be exempt from government mandated healthcare provisions based on health science? Should religious leaders make public claims about the status of life and personhood in reaction to changing reproductive an genetic technologies? Are indigenous communities obligated to believe the Out of Africa hypothesis developed by Euro-American biologists? The intent of these and similar questions is to encourage an approach to the study of science and religion that more fully addresses the lied realities of contemporary communities around the globe"-- Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Religion and science.
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Religion and Science
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RELIGION / Religion & Science
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Religion and science
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sheldon, Myrna Perez, editor
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Ragab, Ahmed, editor
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Keel, Terence, editor
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| ISBN |
9780231556545 |
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0231556543 |
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