A Contribution to the Debate on Science and Faith by Christian Students from Abidjan

The science and faith debate is dominated by Western voices. In order to enrich this debate, the authors study the discourses of different groups of Christian academics and master's students in francophone Africa. This article describes the process of reconstructing and analyzing the discourse...

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VerfasserInnen: Bom, Klaas 1967- (VerfasserIn) ; Toren, Bernard van den 1966- (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Wiley-Blackwell [2017]
In: Zygon
Jahr: 2017, Band: 52, Heft: 3, Seiten: 643-662
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Elfenbeinküste / Akademiker / Christ / Naturwissenschaften / Christentum / Glaube
RelBib Classification:CB Christliche Existenz; Spiritualität
CF Christentum und Wissenschaft
CH Christentum und Gesellschaft
KBN Subsahara-Afrika
weitere Schlagwörter:B Scientism
B francophone Africa
B Christian students
B theological reconstruction
B group model building
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Zusammenfassung:The science and faith debate is dominated by Western voices. In order to enrich this debate, the authors study the discourses of different groups of Christian academics and master's students in francophone Africa. This article describes the process of reconstructing and analyzing the discourse of a group of master's students from Abidjan (Ivory Coast) with the help of group model building and focus groups. Three characteristic features that emerge from this discourse include the foundational position of faith, the central role of truth, and the ambiguous connotations of the term “science” in this context. The reconstructed discourse is then brought into conversation with the North Atlantic debate, with a special focus on the concept of scientism.
ISSN:1467-9744
Enthält:Enthalten in: Zygon
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12360