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Article

Publication Date

2012

Abstract

The authors offer two arguments for the inclusion of theism in natural science. First, an argument against excluding theism is offered. Though early roots of science promoted a view that it is a way to accumulate knowledge that is untainted by presuppositions and traditions, postmodern critiques call this into question. Scientists have sometimes rejected religion as a context-dependent, tradition-based way of knowing, yet science itself is also context-dependent and tradition-based. Second, an argument for including theism in psychological is offered. Theistic beliefs are relevant insofar as they are part of human experience for many, they represent a form of human diversity, and they have been associated with some positive health outcomes.

Comments

Originally published as research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, volume 23, pages 81-93. (2012) BRILL

ISBN: 978-90-04-22954-9

ISSN: 10468064

https://brill.com/abstract/book/edcoll/9789004229549/B9789004229549_006.xml

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