Varieties of Atheism in Science with Professor Elaine Howard Ecklund and Dr David R. Johnson

In this episode, hosts Rachael Shillitoe and Richard Grove, meet
with Elaine Howard Ecklund, Professor of Sociology at Rice
University and David R. Johnson, Associate Professor of
Educational Policy Studies at Georgia State University, to
discuss their new book, Varieties of Atheism in Science, out now
with Oxford University Press. Elaine and David reflect on the
findings of their study which draws on surveys and interviews
with atheist scientists in the UK and USA. Chatting with Rachael
and Richard, Elaine and David, challenge some of the commonly
held assumptions about the interrelation between atheism and
science and by exploring atheist scientists’ diverse views of
religion, their perspectives on the limits to what science can
explain, and their views of meaning and morality.