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August 10, 2020, 7:50pm
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This study we discussed before could be relevant again. It seems that there is some prejudice in thinking that an evangelical student must be a creationist.
Sarah Brownell (PI) and Elizabeth Barnes (PhD fellow) may be familiar to many of you as they have done a lot of work exploring the teaching of evolution by Christian professors. I received an email from Barnes earlier today about another piece of work they have just published.
The last sentence of the abstract reads:
Taken together, these studies indicate that perceived bias against Christians in science may contribute to underrepresentation of Christians but actual bias against Christians in science may be restricted to a specific type of Christianity that scientists call fundamentalist and/or evangelical.
Their work suggests that there is an actual bias against students that may be perceived as “evangelical” or “fundamentalist”. Also from the abstract:
in Study 3, biology professors did rate a Christian student who went on a mission trip with Campus Crusade for Christ as less hireable, less competent, and less likeable than a student who did not reveal a Christian identity…
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