Who's Winning the War Against Science?

There is an outcry among scientists that they are being attacked on multiple fronts by fake news, alternative facts, climate change denial, fossil fuel industries, shrinking government funding, postmodernism, and religion. Is this siege mentality realistic or paranoid? It's realistic. This arti...

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Autore principale: Peters, Ted 1941- (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Articolo
Lingua:Inglese
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Pubblicazione: Routledge [2018]
In: Theology and science
Anno: 2018, Volume: 16, Fascicolo: 2, Pagine: 166-176
Notazioni IxTheo:AD Sociologia delle religioni
CF Cristianesimo; scienza
Altre parole chiave:B Postmodernism
B Theology
B war on science
B Pope Francis
B alternative facts
B Science
B Religione
B Ecology
B Fake News
B climate change denial
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Riepilogo:There is an outcry among scientists that they are being attacked on multiple fronts by fake news, alternative facts, climate change denial, fossil fuel industries, shrinking government funding, postmodernism, and religion. Is this siege mentality realistic or paranoid? It's realistic. This article encourages theologians and other religious leaders to ally themselves with scientists in defense of evidence-based judgments in public policy-making.
ISSN:1474-6719
Comprende:Enthalten in: Theology and science
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2018.1455266