Offering Alternatives to Biblical Literalism May Be the Key to Increasing the Public’s Acceptance of Evolution

Authors

Jamie Jensen, Brigham Young University - ProvoFollow
Dalton Bourne, Brigham Young University - ProvoFollow
Kenneth Harrington, Brigham Young University - ProvoFollow
Grant Rousseau, Brigham Young University - ProvoFollow
Jessica Abele, Brigham Young University - ProvoFollow
Daniel Ferguson, Brigham Young University - ProvoFollow

Keywords

Biblical literalism, evolution acceptance, religiosity

Data Set Description Summary

These are data from two cohorts: a nationwide dataset, and a BYU-specific student dataset. We gathered information on evolution acceptance (using the I-SEA), biblical literalism (using the EALS) and religiosity (using the Sethi and Seligman instrument).

BYU ScholarsArchive Citation

Jensen, Jamie; Bourne, Dalton; Harrington, Kenneth; Rousseau, Grant; Abele, Jessica; and Ferguson, Daniel, "Offering Alternatives to Biblical Literalism May Be the Key to Increasing the Public’s Acceptance of Evolution" (2025). ScholarsArchive Data. 75.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/data/75

Document Type

Data

Publication Date

2025-4

Data Collection Start Date

10-2022

Data Collection End Date

12-2022

Language

English

Link to Article(s)

Bourne, D., Harrington, K., Rousseau, G., Abele, J., Ferguson, D., & Jensen, J. L. (2025). Offering alternatives to biblical literalism may be the key to increasing the public’s acceptance of evolution. The Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.

College

Life Sciences

Department

Biology

University Standing at time of data collection

Full Professor

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Creative Commons License

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