There's a poll at the bottom of this post. Take a second to leave your answer to this question, or elaborate in the comments: How do you respond to anti-Christian rhetoric? Here's why this question is on my mind. Last week, I read several encouraging articles about the relationship between science and religion. First, I saw the AP's followup interview with Martin Gaskell, the Christian astronomer who settled a religious discrimination lawsuit against the University of Kentucky. Though most of the article focused … [Read more...] about Poll: How Do You Respond to Anti-Christian Rhetoric?
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Can Scientists Talk About Religion?
Last month, I blogged about the religious discrimination lawsuit filed by astronomer Martin Gaskell against the University of Kentucky. I included a quote from Elaine Howard Ecklund's book Science vs. Religion: What Scientists Really Think about the degree to which religious scientists feel they can be open about their faith and beliefs. Now, I want to return to Ecklund's book and discuss one of her conclusions that I have found very insightful: nonreligious scientists have an extremely limited language for discussing … [Read more...] about Can Scientists Talk About Religion?
How open should you be about your faith?
I was all prepared to write a post about astronomer Martin Gaskell's lawsuit against the University of Kentucky, but Jesus Creed blogger RJS (a scientist at a major research university) beat me to the punch and stole many of my points. Here's a quick summary of Gaskell's case (which is still pending). According to news reports: Gaskell was a leading candidate for a new position in UK's Department of Physics and Astronomy as a director for a public observatory. Gaskell had held a similar position at the University of … [Read more...] about How open should you be about your faith?