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Author: Richard Cimino
Publisher: Lexington Books
Imprint: Lexington Books
Dimensions:
Width: 16.10cm
, Height: 1.40cm
, Length: 23.60cm
Weight: 0.318kg
ISBN: 9780739182277
ISBN 10: 0739182277
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 09 September 2014
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College/higher education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
The biggest contribution of this book is to undermine the notion that there is some abstract science and-religion relationship at all. . . .As an illuminating account of the lived experience of religion and science among an understudied population, this book would be a useful and even necessary addition to a university library. * American Journal of Sociology * Sociologists, philosophers, and scientists themselves have struggled with the idea that science is 'value free' in its practice yet 'value laden' in its effects. Scientists who are also religious believers, it seems, have much less difficulty with this idea because they apply a conceptual framework that circumscribes the value of science for their own lives and for the meaning of life more generally. The striking feature of Richard Cimino's book is its focus on non-Christian religious scientists, whose faith positions incline them toward mysticism but in ways that only serve to enrich their scientific practice. The book is a welcome corrective to the false science-religion divisions that permeate both popular and academic culture today. -- Steve Fuller, Auguste Comte Chair in Social Epistemology, University of Warwick, author of The Intellectual Mystical Science and Practical Religion is well written, provocative, and informative. Cimino's style is clear and not overly didactic. He analyzes and argues against Weber's secularization thesis that the increase of science and technology will be deleterious to religion. The book will appeal to specialists in religion and science studies, as well as those interested in the sociology of minority religions in the United States. -- John Caiazza, Rivier University Science and religion have a corrosive relationship, or at least that is a common assumption. Richard Cimino's research radically disrupts that taken-for-granted assumption. Through in-depth interviews with migrant engineers and IT professionals from three religious traditions, he shows how there is no conflict between religion, applied science, and the spirit of pragmatism. While there were cultural differences between Hindu, Muslim and Sikh scientists, the new knowledge class shared a pan-religious-scientific discourse. At the same time, these educated global citizens are transforming their religious traditions in the direction of American religiosity with its emphasis on individualism, spirituality, and practical relevance. Applied scientists thus become the conduits between religious traditions and the host society producing a complex blend between religious orthodoxy and American culture. Cimino provides a valuable contribution to the modern sociology of religion. -- Bryan S. Turner, The City University of New York
Sociologists, philosophers, and scientists themselves have struggled with the idea that science is 'value free' in its practice yet 'value laden' in its effects. Scientists who are also religious believers, it seems, have much less difficulty with this idea because they apply a conceptual framework that circumscribes the value of science for their own lives and for the meaning of life more generally. The striking feature of Richard Cimino's book is its focus on non-Christian religious scientists, whose faith positions incline them toward mysticism but in ways that only serve to enrich their scientific practice. The book is a welcome corrective to the false science-religion divisions that permeate both popular and academic culture today. -- Steve Fuller, professor of sociology, University of Warwick; author of The New Sociological Imagination Mystical Science and Practical Religion is well written, provocative, and informative. Cimino's style is clear and not overly didactic. He analyzes and argues against Weber's secularization thesis that the increase of science and technology will be deleterious to religion. The book will appeal to specialists in religion and science studies, as well as those interested in the sociology of minority religions in the United States. -- John Caiazza, Rivier University Science and religion have a corrosive relationship, or at least that is a common assumption. Richard Cimino's research radically disrupts that taken-for-granted assumption. Through in-depth interviews with migrant engineers and IT professionals from three religious traditions, he shows how there is no conflict between religion, applied science, and the spirit of pragmatism. While there were cultural differences between Hindu, Muslim and Sikh scientists, the new knowledge class shared a pan-religious-scientific discourse. At the same time, these educated global citizens are transforming their religious traditions in the direction of American religiosity with its emphasis on individualism, spirituality, and practical relevance. Applied scientists thus become the conduits between religious traditions and the host society producing a complex blend between religious orthodoxy and American culture. Cimino provides a valuable contribution to the modern sociology of religion. -- Bryan S. Turner, The City University of New York
Sociologists, philosophers, and scientists themselves have struggled with the idea that science is 'value free' in its practice yet 'value laden' in its effects. Scientists who are also religious believers, it seems, have much less difficulty with this idea because they apply a conceptual framework that circumscribes the value of science for their own lives and for the meaning of life more generally. The striking feature of Richard Cimino's book is its focus on non-Christian religious scientists, whose faith positions incline them toward mysticism but in ways that only serve to enrich their scientific practice. The book is a welcome corrective to the false science-religion divisions that permeate both popular and academic culture today. -- Steve Fuller, University of Warwick Mystical Science and Practical Religion is well written, provocative, and informative. Cimino's style is clear and not overly didactic. He analyzes and argues against Weber's secularization thesis that the increase of science and technology will be deleterious to religion. The book will appeal to specialists in religion and science studies, as well as those interested in the sociology of minority religions in the United States. -- John Caiazza, Rivier University
The biggest contribution of this book is to undermine the notion that there is some abstract science and-religion relationship at all...As an illuminating account of the lived experience of religion and science among an understudied population, this book would be a useful and even necessary addition to a university library. American Journal of Sociology Sociologists, philosophers, and scientists themselves have struggled with the idea that science is 'value free' in its practice yet 'value laden' in its effects. Scientists who are also religious believers, it seems, have much less difficulty with this idea because they apply a conceptual framework that circumscribes the value of science for their own lives and for the meaning of life more generally. The striking feature of Richard Cimino's book is its focus on non-Christian religious scientists, whose faith positions incline them toward mysticism but in ways that only serve to enrich their scientific practice. The book is a welcome corrective to the false science-religion divisions that permeate both popular and academic culture today. -- Steve Fuller, professor of sociology, University of Warwick; author of The New Sociological Imagination Mystical Science and Practical Religion is well written, provocative, and informative. Cimino's style is clear and not overly didactic. He analyzes and argues against Weber's secularization thesis that the increase of science and technology will be deleterious to religion. The book will appeal to specialists in religion and science studies, as well as those interested in the sociology of minority religions in the United States. -- John Caiazza, Rivier University Science and religion have a corrosive relationship, or at least that is a common assumption. Richard Cimino's research radically disrupts that taken-for-granted assumption. Through in-depth interviews with migrant engineers and IT professionals from three religious traditions, he shows how there is no conflict between religion, applied science, and the spirit of pragmatism. While there were cultural differences between Hindu, Muslim and Sikh scientists, the new knowledge class shared a pan-religious-scientific discourse. At the same time, these educated global citizens are transforming their religious traditions in the direction of American religiosity with its emphasis on individualism, spirituality, and practical relevance. Applied scientists thus become the conduits between religious traditions and the host society producing a complex blend between religious orthodoxy and American culture. Cimino provides a valuable contribution to the modern sociology of religion. -- Bryan S. Turner, The City University of New York
Sociologists, philosophers, and scientists themselves have struggled with the idea that science is 'value free' in its practice yet 'value laden' in its effects. Scientists who are also religious believers, it seems, have much less difficulty with this idea because they apply a conceptual framework that circumscribes the value of science for their own lives and for the meaning of life more generally. The striking feature of Richard Cimino's book is its focus on non-Christian religious scientists, whose faith positions incline them toward mysticism but in ways that only serve to enrich their scientific practice. The book is a welcome corrective to the false science-religion divisions that permeate both popular and academic culture today. -- Steve Fuller, professor of sociology, University of Warwick; author of The New Sociological Imagination Mystical Science and Practical Religion is well written, provocative, and informative. Cimino's style is clear and not overly didactic. He analyzes and argues against Weber's secularization thesis that the increase of science and technology will be deleterious to religion. The book will appeal to specialists in religion and science studies, as well as those interested in the sociology of minority religions in the United States. -- John Caiazza, Rivier University
Author Information
Richard Cimino is visiting lecturer of sociology at the University of Richmond and founding editor of Religion Watch, a monthly publication reporting on trends and research in contemporary religion.
