Same World, Different Worldviews: How Can Evangelical Christians and Scientists Minimize Conflict and Improve Relations?

Helping the scientific and evangelical Christian communities better relate to one another will not only strengthen our nation but may also point a path forward for relations between science and religion in general.

Science and religion are sometimes cast as adversaries—competing forces with opposing goals. The scientific and evangelical Christian communities represent perhaps the most fraught example of the conflict between science and religion in the United States. Helping these two groups better relate to one another will not only strengthen our nation but may also point a path forward for relations between science and religion in general. This discussion guide is meant to help people from these contrasting points of view do exactly that.

This booklet was made in collaboration with Public Agenda.

Same World, Different Worldviews Booklet

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