Government support for science in an era of resource constraint : exploring the role of religion
In recent years, much has been made in popular media of the purported conflict between religion and science. The goal of this study is to examine the relationship between multiple measures of religion and attitudes toward federal expenditures on science. This study uses data from the 2008 wave of th...
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| Format: | Others |
| Language: | English |
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2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2010-08-1967 |
| Summary: | In recent years, much has been made in popular media of the purported conflict
between religion and science. The goal of this study is to examine the relationship
between multiple measures of religion and attitudes toward federal expenditures on
science. This study uses data from the 2008 wave of the General Social Survey, a
national probability sample of American adults. Using multinomial analysis, this study
finds that biblical literalists are generally less likely to wish for the expansion of federal
spending on science than others. This opposition to the expansion of federal spending on
science was uninfluenced by more general attitudes toward science or distrust of either
the government or social institutes. Denominational affiliation and frequency of church
attendance were unrelated to views on federal scientific expenditures. Contrary to previous depictions, the relationship between religious belief and attitudes toward science
is not inherently adversarial. Implications of these findings and directions for future research are discussed. === text |
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