Religious Belief and Science

Glenn H. Utter is professor and chair of the Department of Political Science at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, USA. His areas of instruction include American government and politics and classical and contemporary political thought.

• Preface1. Background and HistoryScienceReligious BeliefChristianityJudaismIslamHinduismBuddhismHistorical Relationship between Science and ReligionMistrust of Science and ScientistsScience, Postmodernism, and Social ConstructionismScience and the BibleStephen Jay Gould and Non-Overlapping MagisteriaOverlapping of Religion and ScienceThe Influence of Religion on ScienceChurch Positions on Science in the United StatesMainline DenominationsConservative/Evangelical Denominations2. Problems, Controversies, and SolutionsProhibitionEvolutionMedication abortionHomosexualityGender transitionClimate changeCovid-19 and vaccinationCreationism, geology, and the age of the earthMedical aid in dyingFluoridation of waterArtificial intelligenceEducation3. PerspectivesUnitarian Universalists and ScienceJeffrey VictorReligious Belief and Attitudes about the Possibility of Extra-Terrestrial LifeJames M. VanderleeuwThe Evolution of Understanding the American Public’s Understanding of EvolutionGlenn BranchGod Is Real, but Space Is Fake: Flat Earth and Religious BeliefCraig FosterReligious Belief and Views of the Covid-19 VaccineThomas E. Sowers4. Profiles Michael BeheGreg CootsonaDaniel DennettOwen G. GingerichStephen Jay GouldWilliam Sanford NyeNaomi OreskesAlvin PlantingaT. O. ShanavasNeil deGrass TysonHoward J. Van TillAlan B. WallaceAmerican Scientific AffiliationCenter for InquiryCenter for Theology and the Natural SciencesCornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of CreationDiscovery InstituteEvangelical Environmental NetworkFreedom From Religion FoundationInstitute for Creation ResearchJohn Templeton FoundationNational Center for Science EducationReasons to Believe5. Data and DocumentsThe Teaching of EvolutionTennessee Butler Act, 1925Exchange between Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan, State of Tennessee v. Scopes, 1925Arkansas Anti-Evolution Statute, 1928Opinion by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas, Epperson v. Arkansas, 1968Arkansas Balanced Treatment of Creation-Science and Evolution-Science in Public Schools Act, 1981Decision by Judge William Overton, McLean v. Arkansas Board of Education, 1982Louisiana Balanced Treatment for Creation-Science and Evolution-Science in Public School Instruction Act, 1981Opinion by William J. Brennan, Edwards v. Aguillard, 1987Dover Area School District Board of Directors Resolution, 2004Tammy Kitzmiller et al. v. Dover Area School District et al., 2005Abortion and FertilityDecision by Matthew J. Kacsmaryk, Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine et al. v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration et al., 2023Concurring Opinion by Chief Justice Tom Parker, Le Page v. Reproductive Medicine, 20246. ResourcesBooksPeriodicalsWebsitesVideos7. ChronologyGlossaryIndex