The God of Monkey Science is an interesting and layman accessible monograph on the intersections of science and how people of faith "make it all fit together" presented by Dr. Janet Kellogg Ray. Released 10th Oct 2023 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, it's 248 pages and is available in paperback, audio, and ebook formats.
The author writes well and eloquently on the antiscience messaging rampant in the (American) evangelical movement. Evangelical people are significantly more likely to reject evolution, earth science (ancient earth), and epidemiology and vaccine science, as witnessed, with devastating consequences during the pandemic.
She's a trained scientist and examines (and does a pretty good job of finding some common ground on) some of the more contentious points familiar to folks who lived through covid in an age of social media. She's intelligent and comprehensible and, like many scientists, saddened and perplexed by the rampant rise of anti-science feeling.
Mostly she does a good job of saying "science and religion answer *different* questions and aren't necessarily mutually exclusive. People of faith *can* be (and are) scientists. They can co-exist peacefully.
Although it's not a rigorous scientific work, and is perfectly accessible to laypeople, it is well annotated throughout, and the chapter notes and bibliography will give readers a wealth of further opportunity for study.
Four stars. Well done and worthwhile. It would be a good choice for public library acquisition and home use.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
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