Critical Approaches to Science and Religion

Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-0-231-20657-0
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 416 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 236 mm x 156 mm, Gewicht: 596 g

The relationship of science and religion is often depicted as a timeless conflict between two irreconcilable ways of understanding the world. Critical Approaches to Science and Religion eschews traditional science–religion debates in favor of new questions that arise through a focus on the intersections of these categories with the histories of race, gender, sexuality, and indigeneity.

This book draws on three vital schools of thought—critical race theory, feminist and queer theory, and postcolonial theory—to provide insightful and innovative methods for analyzing science and religion. Featuring a diverse array of contributors, it develops critical perspectives by examining how histories of empire, slavery, and patriarchy have shaped science and religion in the modern era. In so doing, the book lays the groundwork for disciplines addressing these subjects to become more public-facing and speak directly to social and political concerns such as climate change, immigration, health care, reproductive justice, and sexual identity. Reframing the study of the intersection of science and religion, this book proposes a new way forward for critical scholarship.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ragab, Ahmed

Sheldon, Myrna Perez

Keel, Terence

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Naturwissenschaften, Technik, Medizin
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Wissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies: Homosexualität, LGBTQ+
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen

Über Autor(innen)

Myrna Perez Sheldon is associate professor of gender and American religion, jointly appointed in the Department of Classics and Religious Studies and the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, at Ohio University.

Ahmed Ragab is an associate professor in the Department of the History of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Terence Keel is an associate professor with a joint appointment in the Department of African American Studies and the Institute for Society and Genetics at the University of California, Los Angeles.