God Talk: Confusion between Science and Religion

Science Technology and Human Values

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 139-152

  Nelkin, Dorothy ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic science; Science and religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842430453     PISSN: 01622439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0162243903261950     Document Type: Article

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