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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Auteurs: Bom, Klaas 1967- (Auteur) ; Toren, Bernard van den 1966- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Wiley-Blackwell [2017]
Dans: Zygon
Année: 2017, Volume: 52, Numéro: 3, Pages: 643-662
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Elfenbeinküste / Diplômé de l’enseignement supérieur / Chrétien / Sciences de la nature / Christianisme / Foi
RelBib Classification:CB Spiritualité chrétienne
CF Christianisme et science
CH Christianisme et société
KBN Afrique subsaharienne
Sujets non-standardisés:B Scientism
B francophone Africa
B Christian students
B theological reconstruction
B group model building
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Résumé: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
Contient:Enthalten in: Zygon
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12360