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INDEX 225history, of conflict paradigm, 3–5A History of the Warfare of Science withTheology in Christendom (White), 3, 185n3Hockberger, Philip E., 155Holy Scripture, 3human pride and sinfulness, awareness of, 38humanity, Christian doctrine of equality andrespect for, 38Hutchinson, Ian, 107–8, 109, 204n7intellectuals, religion and, 67, 198n47intelligent design: controversies over, 29,44, 118; court cases over, 93, 143; debatesabout, 19, 82, 112, 129, 144, 188n12, 206n6;Janice relating to, 44; negative impressionsof, 81; interdisciplinary study of religion,structural supports for, 116; interview, long,181–84Irving: as African American, 60; beliefs of,90; as Darwinist, 60; as social scientist, 60;spirituality of, 61–62, 96Islam, scientists and, 34, 151, 153Jack: as biologist, 42; as Catholic, 42; faith of,42, 43Janice: closeted faith of, 44–45, 121; intelligentdesign relating to, 44; as physicist, 44Jesus, 39, 42, 155“Jesus Walks,” 116Jews: evangelicals v., 33–34; Orthodox, 82Joel: classroom discussions of, 73–74, 80; asreligious person, 73, 80; as social sciencesprofessor, 73Judaism, Arik and, 13, 19Kafka, Franz, 18Kitzmiller v. Dover, 118, 143knowledge: connected, model of, 112–16, 121,122, 123; religious, universities’ support of,111–12; spread of, 44Lakoff, Sanford, 8The Language of God (Collins), 29, 47lawsuit, at University of California, 74, 199n4legitimacy, model of, 110, 111–12, 122Leuba, James Henry, 4, 185n6liberal, progressive tradition, of Christianity, 39liberal academics, 92liberalism, 35life: meaning of, questions about, 17–18, 103,139; origins of, in public school scienceclasses, 92Lindsay, D. Michael, 42Lutheran church, Raymond relating to, 71Mahoney, Kathleen, 89, 116, 205n25mainline Christians, 49Margaret: as chemist, 100; faith of, 100–102,103; as religious, 101Marsden, George, 56, 87, 113Maxwell, James Clerk, 107, 109, 203n2meaning, of life, questions about, 17–18, 103,139media, interacting with, 142–43Merton, Robert, 17, 36–37, 188n8,193n20The Metamorphosis (Kafka), 18Methodists, 49Miller, Richard, 155models: of connected knowledge, 112–16,121, 122, 123; of legitimacy, 110, 111–12,122; new university, from voices of scientists,109–10; of nurture, 110–11, 122; ofopposition, 93–97, 101, 102, 122; ofpluralism, 99–100, 102, 122, 123; ofsecularism, 97–98, 102, 103, 122; ofuniversities, 90–92, 201nn17–18moral commitment, of Christians, 39Muslim, 134myths: about atheists, 150; about science vs.religion, 12; about spirituality, 150, 208n3;all evangelical Christians are against science,155; all religion is fundamentalism, 153;ignore religion, and it will go away, 152–53;of “no religious scientists,” 151; religiouspeople believe in, 149–52; of science asmajor cause of unbelief, 151; shattering of,149–55National Academy of Sciences, 4National Institutes of Health, 29natural and social sciences, 94natural and social scientists, study of, 10–11,16, 115, 187nn21–23negative environmental push, 83–84new university models, from voices ofscientists, 109–10Newton, Isaac, 109Niebuhr, Reinhold, 37–38nonreligious scientists, 102, 127nonscientists, religious, 9–10, 47“no religious scientists,” myth of, 151normative structure, of science, 17Numbers, Ronald, 143