ZYGO Zygon® 0591-2385 1467-9744 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2010.01099.x CONCERNING DIVERSITY AND PRACTICALITY Koss‐Chioino Joan D. 02 06 2010 45 2 10.1111/zygo.2010.45.issue-2 495 498 © 2010 by the Joint Publication Board of Zygon

I raise issues about the scope and content of the religion‐and‐science field of study and suggest that cultural diversity has not been considered relevant or important. Adding it to the present foci of discussion yields different ideas and constructs about the nature and experience of religion than currently found in most of the religion‐and‐science literature. Consideration of cultural diversity not only broadens the ideas and constructs but also leads to practical (applied) considerations that have not been prominent in this field.

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