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Elaine Howard Ecklund

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Elaine Howard Ecklund is the Herbert S. Autrey Chair in Social Sciences and Professor of Sociology at Rice University, as well as founding director of the Religion and Public Life Program. Ecklund is a sociologist of religion, immigration, and science who examines how individuals bring changes to religious and scientific institutions. She is the author of four books with Oxford University Press, one book with New York University Press, and numerous research articles and op-eds. Her most recent book is Secularity and Science: What Scientists Around the World Really Think About Religion (Oxford University Press, 2019) with coauthors David R. Johnson, Brandon Vaidyanathan, Kirstin R.W. Matthews, Steven W. Lewis, Robert A. Thomson Jr., and Di Di. Her forthcoming book, Why Science and Faith Need Each Other: Eight Shared Values That Move Us Beyond Fear, will be published with Brazos Press, a division of Baker Books, in May 2020.  She has received grants from the National Science Foundation, Russell Sage Foundation, John Templeton Foundation, Templeton World Charity Foundation, and Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. Her research has been cited thousands of times times by local, national, and international media. In 2013, she received Rice University’s Charles O. Duncan Award for Most Outstanding Academic Achievement and Teaching, and in 2018 she gave the Gifford Lecture in Scotland.


BioLogos—more than any other organization I know of—helps churches understand the beauty of science.

Elaine Howard Ecklund

Elaine Howard Ecklund

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    • By Elaine Howard Ecklund 
    • and Christopher P. Scheitle 

    Religion vs. Science: What Religious People Really Think

    The way religious Americans approach science is shaped by two fundamental questions: What does science mean for the existence and activity of God? What does science mean for the sacredness of humanity?

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    By Elaine Howard Ecklund 

    Science vs. Religion: What Scientists Really Think

    That the longstanding antagonism between science and religion is irreconcilable has been taken for granted.

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    • and David R. Johnson 

    Scientists Talk Religion Around the Globe

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    • By Elaine Howard Ecklund 
    • and David R. Johnson 

    Secularity and Science: What Scientists Around the World Really Think About Religion

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    • By Elaine Howard Ecklund 
    • and Christopher P. Scheitle 

    What Do Religious People in the US Really Think about Science?

    Contrary to media stereotypes, most religious people in the US have an extremely positive opinion of science.

  • Religion vs. Science: What Religious People Really Think
    Book
    • By Elaine Howard Ecklund 
    • and Christopher P. Scheitle 

    Religion vs. Science: What Religious People Really Think

    The way religious Americans approach science is shaped by two fundamental questions: What does science mean for the existence and activity of God? What does science mean for the sacredness of humanity?

  • Science vs. Religion: What Scientists Really Think
    Book
    By Elaine Howard Ecklund 

    Science vs. Religion: What Scientists Really Think

    That the longstanding antagonism between science and religion is irreconcilable has been taken for granted.

  • globe
    Article
    • By Elaine Howard Ecklund 
    • and David R. Johnson 

    Scientists Talk Religion Around the Globe

    A look in the mirror from across the globe: What we learned about science and religion in the US by studying scientists in other countries.

  • Secularity and Science: What Scientists Around the World Really Think About Religion
    Book
    • By Elaine Howard Ecklund 
    • and David R. Johnson 

    Secularity and Science: What Scientists Around the World Really Think About Religion

    Do scientists see conflict between science and faith? Which cultural factors shape the attitudes of scientists toward religion? Can scientists help show us a way to build collaboration between scientific and religious communities, if such collaborations are even possible?

  • Article
    • By Elaine Howard Ecklund 
    • and Christopher P. Scheitle 

    What Do Religious People in the US Really Think about Science?

    Contrary to media stereotypes, most religious people in the US have an extremely positive opinion of science.

  • Religion vs. Science: What Religious People Really Think
    Book
    • By Elaine Howard Ecklund 
    • and Christopher P. Scheitle 

    Religion vs. Science: What Religious People Really Think

    The way religious Americans approach science is shaped by two fundamental questions: What does science mean for the existence and activity of God? What does science mean for the sacredness of humanity?

  • Science vs. Religion: What Scientists Really Think
    Book
    By Elaine Howard Ecklund 

    Science vs. Religion: What Scientists Really Think

    That the longstanding antagonism between science and religion is irreconcilable has been taken for granted.

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