Electronic Journal for Research inScience & Mathematics Education

Flagship Journal of the International Consortium for Research in Science & Mathematics Education (ICRSME)

Sinai and Synapses Fellowship: Elevating the Discourse

Between Science and Religion

Volume 25, Number 3 • Fall 2021 ISSN: 2692-241X

EJRSME Electronic Journal for Research in Science & Mathematics Education

EDITORS

Mark A. Bloom, Science Education, Dallas Baptist University Sarah Quebec Fuentes, Mathematics Education, Texas Christian University

Ian C. Binns, Special Issue Guest Editor, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

MANAGING EDITORS Jonathan W. Crocker, Texas Christian University

Morgan Jansing, Texas Christian University

ASSOCIATE EDITORS Daniel Alston, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Ian Binns, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Lisa Ann Borgerding, Kent State University Stacey Britton, University of West Georgia Stephen R. Burgin, University of Arkansas Sarah Bush, University of Central Florida

Malcolm B. Butler, University of Central Florida Danxia Chen, Dallas Baptist University

Matthew Perkins Coppola, Purdue University Kelly Feille, University of Oklahoma

Kathryn Green, Clarke County School District Rita Hagevik, The University of North Carolina at Pembroke

Hayat Hokayem, Texas Christian University Gabriela Jonas-Ahrend, Paderborn University

Ravinder Koul, The Pennsylvania State University Christopher S. Long, University of North Texas

Cherie McCollough, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi James A. Mendoza Álvarez, University of Texas at Arlington

Patricia Morrell, University of Queensland Suzanne Nesmith, Baylor University Samuel Otten, University of Missouri

Erin Peters-Burton, George Mason University Christine Schnittka, Auburn University

Kathy Cabe Trundle, Utah State University Julie Westerlund, Texas State University

Robert Wieman, Rowan University

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CONTENTS Volume 25 No. 3 | Fall 2021

Foreword: What is the Sinai and Synapses Fellowship? 1 Geoffrey A. Mitelman Editorial: Interactions Between Religion and Science Education: Perspectives of the Sinai and Synapses Fellows 4 Mark A. Bloom and Ian C. Binns A Unique Way of Knowing: Children’s Conceptions of the Nature of Science and its Relationship to Religion 10 Megan Powell Cuzzolino Overlapping Magisteria: Motivated Cognition and the Places Where Science and Religion Mingle 34 Jonathan Morgan Zoonotic Pandemics and Judaism’s Early-Modern Turn to Science 43 Jonathan Crane Reducing Scientific Skepticism 49 John ZuHone Sustainability for Secular and Spiritual Groups: A Framework from University and Community Education 54 Ashlynn Stillwell Wonder as an Invitation to Engage in Environmental Justice 62 Ruth Shaver Terror Management and Religious Literacy in the Classroom 68 Isaac Alderman and Kendra Holt Moore Communicating with Skeptical Audiences 77 Matthew Groves Called to Care, Trusted to Teach: The Role of Hospital Chaplain in Educating Patients, Families, and Medical Staff during a Pandemic 83 Casey Bien-Aimé and Kristel Clayville Communicating Religiously and Culturally Sensitive Science Content 89 Mark A. Bloom, Ian C. Binns, and Lee Meadows

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