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"This book explores whether and how religious and secular worldviews and political ideologies held by scientists, citizens, decision-makers and politicians influence science as practiced and understood today. In this book, customized science is defined as a science built according to - or altered and fitted to - a particular group's specifications, that is, its needs, interests or values, its political ideology or worldview. It is science governed not merely by goals such as increased knowledge and explanatory power, but also by goals such as economic growth, sustainable development, the equality of women or the end of religion. The contributions to this book discuss, with regard to particular worldviews and themes connected to the public role of science, whether science is increasingly becoming customized to fit the needs and interests of various groups in society, but also what the consequences of such a development may be both for science and society"--

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Half Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction - Religion, Law and Democracy New Challenges for Society and Research - Anna-Sara Lind, Mia Lövheim & -- Ulf Zackariasson -- I. Society -- 1. Historical Perspectives on Church, Social Welfare and Community Work in - Britain Neil Armstrong -- 2. Accessing Religious Resources in Transcultural Healthcare: Meaning-making and Survival - Gwynyth Overland -- 3. There and Back Again: Representations of Religion and Sexuality in Canadian LGBTQ Media - Heather Shipley -- 4. Perspectives on Participation: Organisational Work among Free-Church Youth - Maria Zackariasson -- II. Law -- 5. The Hidden Return of Religion: Problematising Religion in Law and Law in Religion in the Swedish Regulation of Faith Communities - Victoria Enkvist & -- Per-Erik Nilsson -- 6. The Neutrality of the State and the Godless Society - Carmen Garcimartín -- 7. The Doctrine of Non-Justiciability of Religious Doctrine and Practice in English Courts: Case Note: Khaira v Shergill - Hamid Harasani -- 8. Finnish Legislation on Assisted Reproductive Technologies: A Comparison of Church Statements - Lise Eriksson -- 9. The Impact of Islamic Family Law on the Swedish Legal Landscape: Challenges and Possibilities - Mosa Sayed -- III. Democracy -- 10. Layers of Inconsistency: The Swedish National Agency for Education's Guidelines on Muslim Headscarves - Karin Borevi, Anette Leis-Peters & -- Anna-Sara Lind -- 11. Must One be Christian to be Truly Norwegian?: The Relationship between Religion and National Identity - Pål Ketil Botvar -- 12. Veils, Nudity, and Individuality: Romantic Ideals among Self‐professed 'Enlightenment Liberals'in France - Gina Gustavsson -- 13. The Struggle over Christianity as a School Subject: The Democratic Role of the Press in a Church campaign in 1963 - Ann-Katrin Hatje.