Michael S Evans
Biographic Data
| ID | 292290 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael S Evans |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael S |
| FAMILY NAME | Evans |
| SIGNATURE | EVANS M S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California San Diego |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2407-1052 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 151 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Secular Conversions: Political Institutions and Religious Education in the United States and Australia, 1800-2000
American Secularism
Scientific Controversies: A Socio-Historical Perspective on the Advancement of Science
Speaking of Participation: A Qualitative Research Note
While participation in public life is generally agreed to be important for governance and citizenship, scholars focused on talk-oriented participation (in the Tocquevillian tradition) suggest that there is a participation deficit in the American public sphere. Qualitative analysis of responses from 60 interview respondents about whether or not they are participants in four prominent American debates suggests a novel explanation for this apparent …
Religion and Political Decision Making
Influential political theorists suggest that religious differences in political life may be overcome through shared commitment to political processes. In this article, I subject the underlying assumptions of this proposition to empirical inquiry. When faced with substantive conflict over policy outcomes, do religious persons defer to a political process for resolution? And if so, to which political process do they defer? Through a novel interview…
Imagining Public Debate
Debating Human Genetics: Contemporary Issues in Public Policy and Ethics, by Alexandra Plows, London: Routledge, 2011, 238 pp., $51.95/£26.99 (paper). STS practitioners are living and working in an
Who Wants a Deliberative Public Sphere? 1
Democratic theorists and social scientists suggest that a deliberative public sphere would be good for democracy by maximizing emancipatory possibilities and providing broad legitimacy to political decision making. But do ordinary Americans actually want a deliberative public sphere? I examine this question in the context of four contentious “religion and science” debates. Through a multidimensional evaluation exercise with 62 ordinary respondent…
Supporting Science: Reasons, Restrictions, and the Role of Religion
Religion sometimes appears to motivate objections to science and technology. But how and when does religion matter? The author examines this question from a novel perspective. Given the opportunity to limit scientific research, and having good reasons to do so, are religious persons likely to support such limits? Through individual interviews with 62 respondents, he finds that the answer is generally “no.” Religious and nonreligious respondents a…
Arguing against Darwinism: Religion, Science, and Public Morality
This chapter contains sections titled: 1 Introduction Who are the Creationists? The History of Creationist Challenges to Darwinism Darwinism as a Moral Project Why this Debate Persists Religion in Public Life Conclusion Bibliography
Achieving continuity: A story of stellar magnitude
Zelizer's Theory of Money and the Case of Local Currencies
In this paper I consider Zelizer's theory of money in a market setting. Do people create and use market money to express social values? Local currencies, which circulate in competition with national currencies in local economies around the world, provide the case studies. I survey the research literature on local currencies and find important limits on Zelizer's theory for market money. While people create and use local currencies for both econom…
Defining the public, defining sociology: Hybrid science—public relations and boundary-work in early American sociology
In this paper, I examine how scientific disciplines define their boundaries by defining the publics with whom they engage. The case study is an episode in the development of early American sociology. In response to the dual challenge of credibility set up by the conflict between religious Baconian science and secular positivist science, key actors engaged in specific strategies of boundary-work to create their desired “sociological public”—a hybr…
Religion and Science: Beyond the Epistemological Conflict Narrative
Studies of the relationship between religion and science have traditionally assumed that any conflict that exists is based on epistemology. This assumption is built into the history of Western academic thought, the founding of sociology itself, as well as the common definitions of religion used by social scientists. This assumption has hindered the examination of the relationship between religion and science. We categorize studies of the relation…
Religion and Science: Beyond the Epistemological Conflict Narrative
Studies of the relationship between religion and science have traditionally assumed that any conflict that exists is based on epistemology. This assumption is built into the history of Western academic thought, the founding of sociology itself, as well as the common definitions of religion used by social scientists. This assumption has hindered the examination of the relationship between religion and science. We categorize studies of the relation…
Defining the public, defining sociology: Hybrid science—public relations and boundary-work in early American sociology
In this paper, I examine how scientific disciplines define their boundaries by defining the publics with whom they engage. The case study is an episode in the development of early American sociology. In response to the dual challenge of credibility set up by the conflict between religious Baconian science and secular positivist science, key actors engaged in specific strategies of boundary-work to create their desired “sociological public”—a hybr…
Who Wants a Deliberative Public Sphere? 1
Democratic theorists and social scientists suggest that a deliberative public sphere would be good for democracy by maximizing emancipatory possibilities and providing broad legitimacy to political decision making. But do ordinary Americans actually want a deliberative public sphere? I examine this question in the context of four contentious “religion and science” debates. Through a multidimensional evaluation exercise with 62 ordinary respondent…
Supporting Science: Reasons, Restrictions, and the Role of Religion
Religion sometimes appears to motivate objections to science and technology. But how and when does religion matter? The author examines this question from a novel perspective. Given the opportunity to limit scientific research, and having good reasons to do so, are religious persons likely to support such limits? Through individual interviews with 62 respondents, he finds that the answer is generally “no.” Religious and nonreligious respondents a…
Zelizer's Theory of Money and the Case of Local Currencies
In this paper I consider Zelizer's theory of money in a market setting. Do people create and use market money to express social values? Local currencies, which circulate in competition with national currencies in local economies around the world, provide the case studies. I survey the research literature on local currencies and find important limits on Zelizer's theory for market money. While people create and use local currencies for both econom…
Secular Conversions: Political Institutions and Religious Education in the United States and Australia, 1800-2000
Religion and Political Decision Making
Influential political theorists suggest that religious differences in political life may be overcome through shared commitment to political processes. In this article, I subject the underlying assumptions of this proposition to empirical inquiry. When faced with substantive conflict over policy outcomes, do religious persons defer to a political process for resolution? And if so, to which political process do they defer? Through a novel interview…
Defining the public, defining sociology: Hybrid science—public relations and boundary-work in early American sociology
In this paper, I examine how scientific disciplines define their boundaries by defining the publics with whom they engage. The case study is an episode in the development of early American sociology. In response to the dual challenge of credibility set up by the conflict between religious Baconian science and secular positivist science, key actors engaged in specific strategies of boundary-work to create their desired “sociological public”—a hybr…
Religion and Science: Beyond the Epistemological Conflict Narrative
Studies of the relationship between religion and science have traditionally assumed that any conflict that exists is based on epistemology. This assumption is built into the history of Western academic thought, the founding of sociology itself, as well as the common definitions of religion used by social scientists. This assumption has hindered the examination of the relationship between religion and science. We categorize studies of the relation…
Zelizer's Theory of Money and the Case of Local Currencies
In this paper I consider Zelizer's theory of money in a market setting. Do people create and use market money to express social values? Local currencies, which circulate in competition with national currencies in local economies around the world, provide the case studies. I survey the research literature on local currencies and find important limits on Zelizer's theory for market money. While people create and use local currencies for both econom…
Arguing against Darwinism: Religion, Science, and Public Morality
This chapter contains sections titled: 1 Introduction Who are the Creationists? The History of Creationist Challenges to Darwinism Darwinism as a Moral Project Why this Debate Persists Religion in Public Life Conclusion Bibliography
Achieving continuity: A story of stellar magnitude
Imagining Public Debate
Debating Human Genetics: Contemporary Issues in Public Policy and Ethics, by Alexandra Plows, London: Routledge, 2011, 238 pp., $51.95/£26.99 (paper). STS practitioners are living and working in an
Who Wants a Deliberative Public Sphere? 1
Democratic theorists and social scientists suggest that a deliberative public sphere would be good for democracy by maximizing emancipatory possibilities and providing broad legitimacy to political decision making. But do ordinary Americans actually want a deliberative public sphere? I examine this question in the context of four contentious “religion and science” debates. Through a multidimensional evaluation exercise with 62 ordinary respondent…
Supporting Science: Reasons, Restrictions, and the Role of Religion
Religion sometimes appears to motivate objections to science and technology. But how and when does religion matter? The author examines this question from a novel perspective. Given the opportunity to limit scientific research, and having good reasons to do so, are religious persons likely to support such limits? Through individual interviews with 62 respondents, he finds that the answer is generally “no.” Religious and nonreligious respondents a…
Speaking of Participation: A Qualitative Research Note
While participation in public life is generally agreed to be important for governance and citizenship, scholars focused on talk-oriented participation (in the Tocquevillian tradition) suggest that there is a participation deficit in the American public sphere. Qualitative analysis of responses from 60 interview respondents about whether or not they are participants in four prominent American debates suggests a novel explanation for this apparent …
Religion and Political Decision Making
Influential political theorists suggest that religious differences in political life may be overcome through shared commitment to political processes. In this article, I subject the underlying assumptions of this proposition to empirical inquiry. When faced with substantive conflict over policy outcomes, do religious persons defer to a political process for resolution? And if so, to which political process do they defer? Through a novel interview…
American Secularism
Scientific Controversies: A Socio-Historical Perspective on the Advancement of Science
Secular Conversions: Political Institutions and Religious Education in the United States and Australia, 1800-2000
Sociology (11 works) · Political science (8 works) · Epistemology (6 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Environmental ethics (3 works)