Elaine Howard Ecklund
Author, BioLogos Advisory Council
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.
Elaine Howard Ecklund BioLogos—more than any other organization I know of—helps churches understand the beauty of science.
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
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
That the longstanding antagonism between science and religion is irreconcilable has been taken for granted.
Elaine Howard Ecklund | Shared Values in Science and Faith
Elaine Howard Ecklund is a sociologist who has devoted her career to understanding the attitudes and perceptions that scientists and religious people have toward each other.
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
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?
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
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
That the longstanding antagonism between science and religion is irreconcilable has been taken for granted.
Elaine Howard Ecklund | Shared Values in Science and Faith
Elaine Howard Ecklund is a sociologist who has devoted her career to understanding the attitudes and perceptions that scientists and religious people have toward each other.
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
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?
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
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
That the longstanding antagonism between science and religion is irreconcilable has been taken for granted.