Reacting to Consecrating Science: What Might Amateurs Do?
In Consecrating Science: Wonder, Knowledge, and the Natural World, Lisa H. Sideris makes a compelling case that a new cosmology movement advocates for a new, universal, creation story grounded in the sciences. She fears the new story reinforces elite power structures and anthropocentrism and thus en...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Open Library of Humanities$s2024-
[2019]
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Zygon
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| Review of: | Consecrating science (Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2017) (Fredericks, Sarah E.)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Natural sciences
/ Sacralization
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Book review
B Anthropocentrism B Amazon.com B documentary theology B Lisa H. Sideris B new cosmology B popular book reviews B Environment (Art) B Consecrating Science |
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| Summary: | In Consecrating Science: Wonder, Knowledge, and the Natural World, Lisa H. Sideris makes a compelling case that a new cosmology movement advocates for a new, universal, creation story grounded in the sciences. She fears the new story reinforces elite power structures and anthropocentrism and thus environmental degradation. Alternatively, she promotes genuine wonder which occurs in experiences of the natural world. As Sideris focuses on the likely logical outcome of the assumptions and arguments of the new cosmologies, she does not investigate whether and how people react to these new myths. I suggest that methods of documentary studies, applied to popular book reviews on Amazon and Goodreads, shed light on the ramifications of the new cosmologies among the general public. While many reviewers exhibit attitudes and behaviors that would concern Sideris, responses are far from univocal. Using this case as a guide, I suggest that attention to the experience of laypeople could contribute productively to religion and science research in general. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9744 |
| Reference: | Kritik in "Wonder Sustained (2019)"
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12509 |