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OverviewCritical Approaches to Science and Religion offers a new direction for scholarship on science and religion that examines social, political, and ecological concerns long part of the field but never properly centered. The works that make up this volume are not preoccupied with traditional philosophical or theological issues. Instead, the book draws on three vital schools of thought: critical race theory, feminist and queer theory, and postcolonial theory. Featuring a diverse array of contributors, it develops critical perspectives by examining how histories of empire, slavery, colonialism, and patriarchy have shaped the many relationships between science and religion in the modern era. In so doing, this book lays the groundwork for scholars interested in speaking directly to matters such as climate change, structural racism, immigration, health care, reproductive justice, and sexual identity. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Myrna Perez Sheldon , Ahmed Ragab , Terence KeelPublisher: Columbia University Press Imprint: Columbia University Press ISBN: 9780231206570ISBN 10: 0231206577 Pages: 416 Publication Date: 21 March 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 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 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 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 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 IndexReviewsCritical Approaches to Science and Religion is a marvelous advance of interdisciplinary scholarship that charts foundational themes for interpreting the cultural dimensions of science and religion. The authors elucidate epistemological tensions and methodological resonances to inform future scholarship. This is essential reading for scholars across multiple disciplines. -- Sylvester A. Johnson, coeditor of <i>Religion and US Empire: Critical New Histories</i> I will return repeatedly to this volume to think with these diverse authors. Their disciplinary languages are not mine although they attentively converse with my discipline of Critical Indigenous Studies, among others. I am eager for vital conversations that I and others will have with these ideas that feed my radical hope for the implosion of the white and settler supremacist worldview. In order to live better with one another in this world, we need this conversation. -- Kim TallBear, author of <i>Native American DNA: Tribal Belonging and the False Promise of Genetic Science</i> With its inclusion of vital perspectives from critical race theory, feminist and queer theory, and postcolonial and Indigenous studies, this volume transforms the conversation about religion and science by making issues of difference central to these discussions. These essays are invaluable. -- Randall Styers, author of <i>Making Magic: Religion, Magic, and Science in the Modern World</i> A joyful intellectual exercise. I highly recommend this book. You likely won’t agree with all of it—perhaps even none of it. But you will nevertheless be changed by the experience of reading it. * Reviews in Science, Religion, and Theology * With its inclusion of vital perspectives from critical race theory, feminist and queer theory, and postcolonial and Indigenous studies, this volume transforms the conversation about religion and science by making issues of difference central to these discussions. These essays are invaluable. -- Randall Styers, author of <i>Making Magic: Religion, Magic, and Science in the Modern World</i> Critical Approaches to Science and Religion is a marvelous advance of interdisciplinary scholarship that charts foundational themes for interpreting the cultural dimensions of science and religion. The authors elucidate epistemological tensions and methodological resonances to inform future scholarship. This is essential reading for scholars across multiple disciplines. -- Sylvester A. Johnson, coeditor of <i>Religion and US Empire: Critical New Histories</i> With its inclusion of vital perspectives from critical race theory, feminist and queer theory, and postcolonial and Indigenous studies, this volume transforms the conversation about religion and science by making issues of difference central to these discussions. These essays are invaluable. -- Randall Styers, author of <i>Making Magic: Religion, Magic, and Science in the Modern World</i> Author InformationMyrna Perez Sheldon is associate professor of gender and American religion, jointly appointed in the Department of Classics and Religious Studies and the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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