Expanded View of Ultimate Questions in Public Communication of Science: Qualitative Discourse Analysis of Genetics and Neuroscience

This article argues that studying ultimate questions as “potential mediators” of religious worldviews increases sociological knowledge of religion outside institutional boundaries, as research on secularization indicates. Concurrently, other studies demonstrate that the public communication of scien...

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Main Author: Nicoli, Benedetta 1991- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2024
In: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 2024, Volume: 63, Issue: 2, Pages: 468-492
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Great Britain / Communication in science / Publicity / Meaning of life / Religion / Genetics / Neurosciences / Integration / Secularism
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
CF Christianity and Science
KBF British Isles
KBQ North America
TK Recent history
YA Natural sciences
Further subjects:B Discourse Analysis
B ultimate questions
B Science and religion
B Secularization
B public communication of science
B science and spirituality
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