Professor O'Brien find that people who view both science and religion in a positive light are well educated and financially secure.
Although they accept scientific theories and explanations that covers geology, radioactivity, planetary motion, genetics, and probability, they reject the concept of evolution and the how the universe was formed; the Big Bang.
They even find that almost half of these people, known as post-seculars, believe that the Bible is the literal word of God. Post-seculars also report the greatest strength of religious affiliation as compared to traditionals and moderns.
The study does reveal that people's belief in science and religion is not a product of education or understanding since post-seculars are scientifically literate yet does not accept the concept of evolution as the origin of life or that the big bang created the universe.
The study is published in the American Sociological Review.
