Religion, Science and Technology in North America

Whitney A. Bauman is Professor of Religious Studies at Florida International University, USA. He teaches and lectures on science and religion, religion and nature, and religion and queer theory.Lisa L. Stenmark is Lecturer at San Jose State University, USA.

This survey starts by providing the global and historical context needed to understand religion, science and technology in the North American context. Topics explored include Race, Religion and Science; Religion, Science and Secularism; and Technology, Medicine, Ethics and Religion. The book considers the relationship between Religion, Science and Covid-19, the implications of vaccination, and the question of debating gender. Attention is paid to Peyote Religion/Native American religion, and consideration given to the question of non-Indigenous scholars studying Indigenous knowledge.The book is illustrated throughout with 85 images, and a glossary of key terms and concepts is provided. Each chapter ends with guidance on further reading.

Provides both the historical and global context needed to understand religion, science and technology, and the specific exploration of the North American context

Part I: Critiquing the Modern Maps of Science and Religion1. Overview, Lisa Stenmark (San Jose State University, USA) and Whitney Bauman (Florida International University, USA)2. Religion and Science Before there was Religion and Science, Kocku von Stuckrad (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)3. "The Benefits of an Entire Civilization": Religion, Science and Colonialism, Lisa L. Stenmark (San Jose State University, USA)4. Religion, Science and Nature from the 19th Century to the Present: The Problems of the Reductive, Productive and Progressive Systems of Knowledge, Whitney Bauman (Florida International University, USA)5. Religion, Science and Secularism, Hava Tirosh-Samuelson (Arizona State University, USA)Part II: Challenges and Implications of Modern Western Maps6. Religion, Science and Politics: Authority in Public Life, Lisa L. Stenmark (San Jose State University, USA)7. Creationism, Evolution and Public Education, Glenn Branch (National Center for Science Education, USA)8. Vaccination: Against their Religion?, Elisa Sobo (San Diego State University, USA)9. Religion, Science and Covid-19, Lisa L. Stenmark (San Jose State University, USA)10. Technology, Medicine, Ethics and Religion: Body Matters, Tracy Trothen (Queen's University, Canada.11. Debating Gender as Choice, Claudia Schippert (University of Central Florida, USA)12. Race, Religion and Science, Frederick Ware (Howard University, USAPart III: The Proliferation of Multiple Maps13. Religious Naturalisms, Carol Wayne White (Bucknell University, USA)14. Islam and Modern Science, Arthur Zarate (San Jose State University, USA)15. Indigenizing Religion and Science, Carmen R. Lansdowne (First United Church Community Ministry Society, Canada), Mary L. Keller (University of Wyoming, USA) and Lisa L. Stenmark (San Jose State University, USA)16. Peyote Religion/Native American Church, Jeanette Weaskus (Washington State University, USA)17. Non-Indigenous scholars studying Indigenous knowledge, Mary L. Keller (University of Wyoming, USA)18. The Future of Religion and Science: A Myriad of Meaning-Making Maps, Lisa Stenmark (San Jose State University, USA) and Whitney Bauman (Florida International University, USA)Index