Beyond conflict: an exploration of the way UK church leaders view the relationship between science and religion
There has been a growing body of academic literature over the last ten years that has attempted to challenge the notion that science and religion are in conflict with each other (otherwise known as the ‘conflict thesis’). One prominent voice on this topic has been the theologian Ian Barbour and his...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2024
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Journal of contemporary religion
Year: 2024, Volume: 39, Issue: 2, Pages: 327–345 |
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Barbour, Ian G. 1923-2013
/ Great Britain
/ Religion
/ Science
/ Compatibility
/ Office-holder
/ Church
/ Opinion
/ Empirical social research
/ History 2015-2018
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AF Geography of religion CF Christianity and Science KBF British Isles TK Recent history ZB Sociology |
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church leaders
B Survey B Conflict Thesis B Religion B Science B Barbour B Interviews B Clergy |
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| Summary: | There has been a growing body of academic literature over the last ten years that has attempted to challenge the notion that science and religion are in conflict with each other (otherwise known as the ‘conflict thesis’). One prominent voice on this topic has been the theologian Ian Barbour and his four-fold typology of the way science and religion relate to each other: ‘conflict’, ‘dialogue’, ‘integration’, ‘independence’. In this article, I reflect on Barbour’s contribution to the field as well as my inclusion of his framework in a survey carried out on clergy attitudes to science. The fieldwork comprised a survey of over 1,000 UK church leaders and interviews with 20 senior church leaders. This article explores church leaders’ views on science, their engagement with the subject, and the extent to which their views on science and religion reflect or challenge Barbour’s typology. The research included in this article (carried out during the period 2015–2018) was commissioned by the project “Equipping Christian Leadership in an Age of Science”. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-9419 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of contemporary religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13537903.2024.2342636 |