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Table 1 Description of network members’ childhood religious background, experience with conflict between religion and evolution, experience rejecting evolution, current religious identity, and self-reported experiences/expertise with specific religious populations

From: Evaluating the current state of evolution acceptance instruments: a research coordination network meeting report

Network member

Childhood religious background

Past conflict with religion and evolution?

Rejected evolution in the past?

Current religious or philosophical identification:

Self-reported prior experience/expertise with religious populations:

1

Christian (Methodist)

Yes

Yes

Atheist

Christian

2

None

No

No

Agnostic

Judeo-Christian

3

Christian (CJCLDS1)

No

No

Christian

Judeo-Christian (CJCLDS)

4

Christian (church of Christ)

Yes

Yes

Humanist2

Evangelical Christian, Muslim, Humanist

5

Christian (evangelical), secular

Yes

Yes

Atheist

Judeo-Christian

6

Agnostic

No

No

Buddhist

Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist

7

Atheist

No

No

Agnostic

None

8

Christian (Lutheran)

No

No

Christian

Christian (mainline and evangelical)

9

Atheist

No

No

Christian

Christian, Jewish, Muslim

10

Agnostic

No

No

Atheist

Judeo-Christian

11

Jewish

No

No

Atheist

Judeo-Christian

12

Christian (evangelical Southern Baptist)

Yes

Yes

Unitarian Christian

Christian (mainline and evangelical), Unitarian

13

Methodist, Unitarian Universalist, Secular

No

Unsure

None

Judeo-Christian

14

Christian (Roman Catholic)

Yes

No

Agnostic

Christian (Roman Catholic)

15

Muslim (Sunni Islam)

Unsure

Yes

Muslim (Sunni Islam)

Muslim, Atheist, Catholic, Christian

16

Agnostic

No

No

Agnostic

Judeo-Christian

  1. 1The official name of Latter-day Saints is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (CJCLDS), formerly known as LDS or Mormon, but both terms are no longer recommended
  2. 2Humanism is a progressive philosophy of life that affirms our ability and responsibility to lead ethical lives of personal fulfillment that aspire to the greater good