2017/11/03 by Shiri Noy, Timothy L. O’Brien · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Psychology · #Religion and Society Interactions #LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy #Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
paper · doi:10.1080/00380253.2017.1383141
Using General Social Survey data (n = 3,504), we examine racial, ethnic, and gender divisions in perspectives on science and religion. We find that while blacks and Latinos are each more likely than whites to be oriented toward religion and away from science, gender differentiates this perspective among Latinos and whites but not among blacks. Furthermore, although whites are more likely than blacks and Latinos to be oriented toward both science and religion, Latino men are more likely than Latina women to be so, but there is no gender difference among blacks or whites. We argue that the collective memory of gendered experiences with racism vis-à-vis science and religion contribute to group-specific views of these two sources of knowledge and authority. These findings underscore the value of an intersectional approach to understanding attitudinal divides and political culture in the United States.