Offering Alternatives to Biblical Literalism May Be the Key to Increasing the Public's Acceptance of Evolution.
Evolution acceptance is lower among religious than nonreligious individuals. One potential factor involves how Judeo‐Christian individuals interpret the Bible. We administered a nationwide survey to investigate the relationship between religiosity, biblical interpretation, and evolution acceptance....
| Publicado en: | Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) Vol. 64; no. 3; pp. 328 - 341 |
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