Secularity and Science: What Scientists Around the World Really Think About Religion

Based on over 600 interviews and surveys of over 20,000 scientists worldwide, Secularity and Science: What Scientists Around the World Really Think About Religion tells the story of the relationship between science and religion in the lives of scientists. The book makes four key claims: there are more religious scientists then we might think; religion and science overlap in scientific work; scientists - even atheist scientists - see spirituality in science; and finally, the idea that religion and science must conflict is primarily an invention of the West.

Elaine Howard Ecklund is Herbert S. Autrey Chair in Social Sciences at Rice University.
David R. Johnson is Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership at University of Nevada, Reno.
Brandon Vaidyanathan is Associate Professor of Sociology at The Catholic University of America.
Kirstin R.W. Matthews is Fellow in Science and Technology Policy at the Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University.
Steven W. Lewis is C.V. Starr Transnational China Fellow at the Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University.
Robert A. Thomson Jr. is Assistant Professor of Sociology at University of Alabama in Hunstville
Di Di is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Santa Clara University