Secondary students' responses to perceptions of the relationship between science and religion: Stances identified from an interview study

Science Education

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1000-1025

  Taber, Keith S ^a   Billingsley, Berry ^b   Riga, Fran ^c   Newdick, Helen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c Faraday Institute for Science and Religion   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80053440634     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: 1098237X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.20459     Document Type: Article

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