International Perspectives on Science, Culture, and Belief

This innovative and timely collection revisits, challenges and rethinks longstanding assumptions by decentring positions and perspectives that have until recently dominated discussions of science and belief, and explores the social and cultural drivers of the relationships between evolutionary science and belief.

Fern Elsdon-Baker is Professor of Science, Knowledge and Belief in Society at the University of Birmingham. She was PI of 'Science and Religion: Exploring the Spectrum' projects between 2014 and 2023 and previously Head of 'Darwin Now', the British Council's international celebration of the life and work of Charles Darwin.
Stephen H. Jones is Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Sociology at Keele University. He was Co-PI of 'Science and Religion: Exploring the Spectrum: A Global Perspective' and is Co-PI and Co-Director of the International Research Network for the Study of Science and Belief in Society. His publications include Science, Belief and Society (eds. with Tom Kaden and Rebecca Catto, 2019).
James Riley is a mixed-methods researcher with interests in science communication, science and society, and science and belief. Between 2019 and 2023, he worked on the quantitative strand of the 'Science and Religion: Exploring the Spectrum of Global Perspectives' project, hosted at the University of Birmingham with partner institutions internationally.