TECHNO‐SECULARITY AND TECHNO‐SAPIENS: EDITORIAL FOR <i>ZYGON'S</i> FIRST REAL VIRTUAL ISSUE

Drees, Willem B.

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9744.2012.01326.x

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“…To be clear, I am not asserting that there has not been excellent work done in journals, which are able to integrate developing topics more quickly (e.g., Fehige ), but that themes related to sexuality and gender, and their relationship to science and religion, have not made it into standard‐length treatments of core issues in standard textbooks, which move more gradually (e.g., Richardson and Wildman ; Barbour ; Rolston ; Clayton , ; McGrath ; Southgate ). In addition—and in agreement with recent comments by Willem Drees, technology is increasingly central to the science and religion dialogue: “The practice of science is culturally and technologically embodied…” (Drees , 6). Thus, technology, such as cell phones, laptops, and tablets, must be increasingly at the forefront as we consider “science,” especially for emerging adults.…”

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Some Ways Emerging Adults Are Shaping the Future of Religion and Science

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2016

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This article addresses how the field of religion and science will change in the coming decades by analyzing the attitudes of emerging adults (ages 18-30). I first present an overview of emerging adulthood to set the context for my analysis, especially highlighting the way in which emerging adults find themselves "in between" and in an "age of possibilities," free to explore a variety of options and thus often become "spiritual bricoleurs." Next, I expand on how a broadening pluralism in emerging adult culture changes both the conversation of "religion and science," on one hand, and the locus for their interaction on the other. In the third section, I address the question of whether there exists a consensus view of how to relate religion and science. Paradoxically, though 18-30-year-olds perceive that there is conflict between science and religion, they personally endorse collaboration or independence. Finally, I draw conclusions for practitioners and theorists.

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Some Ways Emerging Adults Are Shaping the Future of Religion and Science

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2016

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“…The interplay of religion and science is not only about refining our understanding of the workings of the world, but also of how we exist and act within that world (Drees , 1). In the context of understanding current global crises and developing more effective responses to them, insights derived from religious/theological understandings can contribute to both arms of this enterprise and do so in a number of different ways in the context of science/religion dialogue.…”

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Turning Stones Into Bread: Developing Synergistic Science/Religion Approaches to the World Food Crisis

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2014

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The Institute on Religion in an Age of Science (IRAS) has a long history of delivering conferences addressing topics of interest in the field of science and religion. The following papers from the 2013 summer conference on "The Scientific, Spiritual, and Moral Challenges in Solving the World Food Crisis" are, in keeping with the eclectic nature of these conferences, very different in content and approach. Such differences underline the challenges of synergistically combining scientific and religious insights to increase understanding of global problems and their possible solutions. This in turn reflects deeper questions about the purpose and nature of the science/religion dialogue. These papers suggest various ways in which the two perspectives can be combined in the pursuit of building better understandings of food-related issues, as well as highlighting difficulties and limitations which need to be addressed if the fruits of such dialogue are to make a wider impact. As such they serve as useful pointers for how this type of science/religion interaction might be further developed and deployed.

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“…The utopian dream borders on a dystopian one, it seems. Transhumanism was addressed in this journal a year ago (Cole‐Turner ; Geraci ; Hughes ; Tirosh‐Samuelson ), and was also a central subject of our first virtual issue (see Drees ). Paul Martin considers one of our conceptual and linguistic tools, the use of metaphors—a classic of “religion and science,” with works such as those of Mary Gerhart and Allan Russell () and Janet Soskice (); see also Masson .…”

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