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226INDEXnurture, model of, 110–11, 122nurturing, of students, by university, 110–11Old Testament, 4, 8opposition, model of, 93–97, 101, 102, 122organized religion, spirituality as differentfrom, 55–58origins of life, in public school science classes,92Orthodox Jew, 82The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship(Marsden), 113pain and evil, problems of, 22, 190n22People of Faith (Schmalzbauer), 79, 119personal bias, in religion, 17, 120personal ethics, religion inconsistent with, 23personal relationships, of scientists, 30philosophers, Christianity’s influence on, 73phone survey, 167–80plausibility structure, 36, 192n19pluralism, model of, 99–100, 102, 122, 123pluralist position, of scientists, 35political scientist, experiences of, 25, 39, 80,138, 142political theory, religion and, 80politicized religion, as view of Geraldine, 134positive environmental push, 81–83“post-religious right America,” 154Presbyterians, 49protean self, 47Protestantism, fundamentalist, 18, 130, 134Protestants, 20, 25, 30, 34; evangelical, 15, 15t;majority of Americans as, 15t, 32, 33, 49,191n33public chapel, at universities, 98public faith, 42–43public indifference, about science vs. religion,8public issue, religion as, 81–83public-minded, scientists as, 131public schools: science classes at, origins of lifein, 92; science vs. religion relating to, 8–9public science, fear of religion in, 128–31public sociology, 141–42, 207n37public transmission, of science, 137–38public’s belief in God, scientists’ belief inGod v., 16t, 35Quaker professor, 143Quaker psychologist, 110–11The Quiet Hand of God, 49Rawlings, Hunter, 74Raymond: Lutheran church relating to, 71;scientific beliefs of, 72, 154reconciliation, 46religion: age relating to, 32; Arik’s definitionof, 13, 19; bad, in society, 22–23; badexperiences with, 21–22; biology and,40–41, 139–41; on campus, resurgence of,90, 92; campus support of, 110, 122; inclassroom, 71–86, 154; conversations about,44; definition of, 11; ethical issues relatingto, 113, 137, 204n20; fear of, in publicscience, 128–31; as foreign or unimportant,24–26; as fundamentalism, myths about,153; gender’s role in, 32; ignoring of, mythsabout, 152–53; as important public issue,81–83; as institutionalized dogma, 57;intellectuals and, 67, 198n47; interdisciplinarystudy of, structural supports for, 116;language of, 128, 130; leaving or retaining of,24; as legitimate, 110, 111–12, 122; inmodern society, 89; nonreligious scientists’negative view of, 127; organized,spirituality as different from, 55–58; asorganized against individual inquiry, 57;personal bias in, 17, 120; personal ethicsinconsistent with, 23; political theory and,80; politicized, as view of Geraldine, 134;positive role of, 136; relegated to religiousstudies departments, 112; science as closerto, than atheism, 108; scientists let downby, 20–24; as socially constructed, 20, 36,192n18; among students, study of, 89; asthreat that must be addressed, 83–84; asthreat to science, 18, 91–92; traditional, ofscientists, 39, 67, 76; trumped by science,17–20; in university classrooms, positiveengagement with, 76–77. See also science,religion vs.Religion among Academic Scientists (RAAS)study, 5religious, definition of, 33religious affiliation, of elite scientists, 15t, 26,33, 33f, 188n3religious attendance, of elite scientists, 37freligious changes to evolution, addressing of,143–45religious commitment, of scientists, 15, 57religious discrimination, perceptions of,116–22religious diversity, scientists’ recognition of,133–37, 154