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The challenges of being a religious scientist

  • Written by Christopher P. Scheitle, Associate Professor of Sociology, West Virginia University
imageMany religious graduate students in science say they keep quiet about that aspect of their identity.Sean Anthony Eddy/E+ via Getty Images

Given popular portrayals, you would be forgiven for assuming that the type of person who is a scientist is not the type of person who would be religious. Consider the popular television show “The Big Bang...

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