What Scientists Think About Religion

Elaine Ecklund

28-Jun-10
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Ecklund summarizes the results of a major study on the beliefs of scientists at major universities. This sociologist finds roughly 30% are secular atheists, 50% have some religious identity (about 20% attend a house of worship and 3% are evangelicals), and 20% are “spiritual but not religious.” Scientists are more likely to be spiritual than most Christians think, and Christian beliefs are less of an impediment to a scientific career than most scientists think.

Copernicus and the Tale of the Pale Blue Dot

Dennis Danielson

2003
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Did Copernicus de-throne the Earth, humiliating us by moving us away from the center of the solar system? Danielson rebuts this view, showing that Copernicus’ heliocentrism and later developments in astronomy have NOT made humanity insignificant. This lecture was given at several conferences in 2001-2004.

Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion, and Naturalism

Alvin Plantinga
Oxford University Press
2011
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It is astonishing that so many scientists, philosophers, and theologians think there is a serious conflict between science and theistic religion. In this superb book, the world’s leading philosopher of religion explains, with characteristic wit and perceptiveness, why none of the main reasons for thinking there is such a conflict are even remotely successful. –Mike Bergmann, Purdue University