{"id":276,"date":"2014-04-28T21:32:09","date_gmt":"2014-04-28T21:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/trot\/?p=276"},"modified":"2015-10-13T19:07:24","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T19:07:24","slug":"the-culture-of-cosmos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/trot\/2014\/04\/28\/the-culture-of-cosmos\/","title":{"rendered":"The Culture of <em>Cosmos<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<div title=\"Page 1\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>The documentary series\u00a0<em>Cosmos<\/em> debuted in March with as much public opposition as fanfare\u00ad\u00ad\u2014with some groups openly criticizing the scientific viewpoints covered on the show, and others applauding its attempts to bring science back to the mainstream. A followup to the 1980 series of the same name, <em>Cosmos<\/em> provides scientific perspectives on a number of \u00adoft-debated topics, such as the creation of the universe, the evolution of life on Earth, and the importance of scientific knowledge and education. Not surprisingly, much of this controversy surrounding the show has been political and\/or religious in its nature. Has the show hit a fault line in American culture?<\/p>\n<h5>Sociologists writing about the apparent political divides between supporters of science and religion often find that there isn&#8217;t a clean divide between the two. Many scientists are religious, and their findings don&#8217;t always challenge religious claims.<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sociology.rice.edu\/Content.aspx?id=117\">Elaine Howard Ecklund<\/a>. 2010.<a href=\"http:\/\/global.oup.com\/academic\/product\/science-vs-religion-9780195392982;jsessionid=A9B4D90888B5FF113948304FDFF51212?cc=us&amp;lang=en&amp;\"><em> Science vs. religion: What scientists really think<\/em><\/a>. Oxford: Oxford University Press.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sociology.ucsd.edu\/faculty\/bio\/evansj.shtml\">John H. Evans<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/sociology.dartmouth.edu\/people\/michael-s-evans\">Michael S. Evans<\/a>. 2008. &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.annualreviews.org\/doi\/pdf\/10.1146\/annurev.soc.34.040507.134702\">Religion and science: Beyond the epistemological conflict narrative.<\/a>&#8221; <em>Annual Review of\u00a0Sociology<\/em> 34:\u00a087-105<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also, in a <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/sociologylens\/2014\/03\/26\/a-sociological-angle-on-the-religion-versus-science-debate\/\">recent post in Sociology Lens<\/a>, Huw C. Davies uses theory from Foucault to cut through the \u201creligion versus science\u201d debate and show how both institutions vie for power through \u201cdiscourses of truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned for Part II of our take on\u00a0Cosmos\u00a0later this week,\u00a0where we&#8217;ll review work on\u00a0science and race in the United States.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><!-- TSP testing --> <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 234px; height: 60px;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4670099812817063\" data-ad-slot=\"1069646635\"><\/ins><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The documentary series\u00a0Cosmos debuted in March with as much public opposition as fanfare\u00ad\u00ad\u2014with some groups openly criticizing the scientific viewpoints covered on the show, and others applauding its attempts to bring science back to the mainstream. 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