Compromising Scholarship: Religious and Political Bias in American Higher Education

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263 Index abortion, 35, 95, 97, 163 ACLU, attitude toward, 59–60, 66, 71, 74, 103, 118, 121, 196, 198, 200, 205 Afrocentrism, 28 age effects, 20, 53–54, 74–76, 125, 190–91, 196–97 anecdotal evidence, 9–10, 48, 56, 158 anthropology, 14, 21, 114, 120, 136, 180, 200 anti-racism, 173–75 atheists, attitude toward, 6n3, 64, 74, 124, 130, 191, 205–7 bias speech, 172–73 bigotry, 3, 173 blogs, 17, 20, 86–90, 93, 100n29, 101, 104–5, 108–10, 135, 148 Bush, President, 95, 102 chemistry, 21, 114, 116, 118, 119n6, 120–21, 136, 188, 200, 203 Christianity, 30n3, 94–95, 100, 179 collegiality, 54, 57, 78, 83 Comte, Auguste, 31, 50 culture war, 34–37, 99, 101, 104, 111, 134–35, 149, 151, 156, 158, 163, 167 Democrats, attitude toward, 71, 74, 118, 120, 196 discrimination, 35–37, 43, 81, 145, 149 disfavored groups, 44, 52, 77–78, 81, 83, 105–6, 108–9, 135, 137n8, 139, 141–42, 144, 147, 150, 169, 177–79 diversity, ideological, 83, 151–53 diversity management programs, 170–72 embryonic stem cell research, 30, 35, 97, 156–57, 163 Enlightenment movement, 30–31 environmentalism, 51 epistemology, 26–28 ethnocentrism, 8–9, 155 evangelicals, attitude toward, 58, 64n11, 66, 74, 98, 109, 116, 118, 119n6, 142 264 || index evolution, biological, 30, 39, 114n1, 134, 142, 156, 161 experimental biology, 21, 114, 116, 118, 119n6, 120–21, 189–90, 196, 200, 203 feminism, 28, 51, 99 fundamentalists, attitude toward, 60, 62–63, 64n11, 66, 80, 98, 109, 116, 120, 143–44 Galilei, Galileo, 30 hate speech, 172–73 history, 21, 114, 116, 118, 119n6, 121, 188–89 homosexuals, attitude toward, 74, 118–19, 122, 125, 196, 202 humanities, 18–21, 31–33, 38, 113–15, 122–27, 130–31, 134, 147, 152, 155, 159n10, 187, 190, 201–3 ignorance, as perception of sociologists toward conservatives, 92 incompetence, as perception of sociologists toward conservatives, 91–93, 99 intolerance, 1–5, 8, 11, 13–14, 18, 42, 75, 82, 146, 150–51, 153, 160, 169–70, 176, 179 irreligiosity, 38, 42, 45, 52, 124 Kuhn, Thomas, 28, 47 language, 21, 114, 180, 187–88, 190, 207n10 Mannheim, Karl, 26–27 marginalized groups, study of, 20, 60n10, 69–71, 204 Marx, Karl, 26 McCain, John, 98–99, 105–9 Mormons, attitude toward, 64, 77, 116, 119n6, 121 “new class,” 34–35, 37, 111 Niebuhr, Reinhold, 148–49 NRA, attitude toward, 57, 60, 66, 74, 82, 116, 118, 127, 142, 196, 198, 200, 205 Obama, President, 79, 96, 98, 100–1, 106–8, 168 Palin, Sarah, 98–99, 105 philosophy, 21, 31, 114, 121, 188, 191, 200 physical sciences, 18–21, 32–33, 38–39, 113–14, 122–27, 130–31, 134, 147, 187, 198, 201–3 physics, 21, 114, 116, 118–21, 136, 189, 196–97, 203 Polanyi, Michael, 27 political bias, 30n4, 40, 56, 64, 68, 123, 168, 175, 206n9 political progressiveness, 12, 34, 38, 41–42, 45, 51–52, 60, 124, 130–31, 157 political science, 21, 114, 118, 189 prejudice, 2–4, 6n3, 11–14, 19, 136, 149, 152, 179–80 Proposition 8, 96–97, 104, 116 race effects, 25, 54, 74, 76 racism, 3, 141n1, 146, 176, 180n5 religious bias, 36, 40, 56, 64, 71, 79, 123, 168, 175 religious schools, 64, 66, 119, 125–27, 131, 191, 197 Republicans, attitude toward, 58, 66, 74, 97–98, 109, 116, 177, 196 response rate, 56, 143, 188–90, 203–4, 207–8 same-sex marriage, 35, 95, 104 science, 2, 13, 14n5, 17, 21, 27, 30–33, 35–36, 43–44, 47, 82, 135, 142, 149–52, 154–65, 167, 177 self-selection effect, 13, 37, 145 sex effects, 20, 53–54, 74, 76, 124–27, 130, 134, 190–91, 197, 205 sexism, 13, 159, 176, 180n5 index || 265 social desirability effect, 54, 57n6, 60, 62, 182 social sciences, 18–21, 31–33, 38, 52, 113–14, 122, 124–27, 130–31, 134, 147, 152, 155, 187, 198, 201–3 sociology, 4, 17–20, 22n8, 28n1, 31, 39, 49–53, 56–60, 62–71, 73–80, 82–83, 85–88, 90–91, 93, 95–97, 99–111, 114, 116, 130, 143–44, 185–87, 191, 202–5 study of marginalized populations, 20, 60n10, 69–71, 169, 204–5 Summers, Lawrence, 158–61 tolerance, 4–7, 12, 20–21, 41–43, 52, 62, 71, 73, 82, 113, 141n1...