New Wine Tastings - Conflicts Between Faith and Science: Are They All in the Head?

Dr. Erin Smith, PhD, who is Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of Research for the Center for the Study of Human Behavior, California Baptist University. Dr. Smith’s research includes an emphasis in science and religion, including the following: • Cultural and cognitive explanations for the development and differentiation of fantastical, scientific, and religious concepts; • Relation between scientific knowledge and religious concepts; • The contribution and limits of science, especially neuroscience; philosophy of science. Her scholarship involves such domains as fostering productive science-religion dialogues. We first met through our work with the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s Science for Seminary Program through DoSER. Dr. Smith, thank you for joining me for this New Wine Tastings interview on psychological factors that contribute to people’s views on faith and science.