Sep 22, 2014 - An interview with Elaine Howard Ecklund following her lecture on “The Faiths of Scientists in the UK and US.” Ecklund is co-director of the Network for the Social Scientific Study of Science & Religion. *n4sr.blogs.rice.edu/ Issues addressed in interview - 1. Your talk explores the research of religious identities among scientists, can you define what you mean by religious identities? (00:24) 2. The 8 countries investigated are the US, UK, France, Italy Turkey, India, Taiwan and Hong Kong, how did you select these countries? (1:30) 3. You mention scientists as ‘carriers of secularization’, what do you mean? (3:13) 4. Why is the UK so interesting to study ...? (5:03) 5. ...you use the phrase ‘non-overlapping magisterium’, what is this? (6:18) 6. Your study /research shows that religion is a private matter in the UK – what impact does this have on your responses? (8:12) 7. Did you notice any influence by demographics? (9:24) 8. You also mention legitimate and illegitimate religion – why are these so important? (10:30) 9. A question that came up in the Q&A was the self-selection effect, what is this and is it important? (12:18) 10. The next country you will investigate is France, this to me seems very exciting but challenging due to it being a secular country – what are your feelings? (14:33)
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