Religion and science: Beyond the epistemological conflict narrative

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 34, Issue , 2008, Pages 87-105

  Evans, John H ^a   Evans, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Institutions; Rationality; Secularization; STS; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 50649113447     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.soc.34.040507.134702     Document Type: Review

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