Religion Dispatches
The Enlightenment was not, as is often assumed, exclusively secular. In fact, religious Protestants, Jews and Catholics played a key role in imagining a tolerant, but believing, society.
Read MoreControversy is sparked as the eminent organization hosts the Templeton Prize.
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David Sloan Wilson is a biologist who claims that the so-called “selfish” gene is a myth. What if we have evolved to do what’s best not for ourselves, but for the groups we live in? The implications for religion, the ultimate social organism, are huge.
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From fraudulent studies to suicides and murder, with all the insane behavior of scientists lately is it time to talk about injecting some soul into our nation’s science curriculum?
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Both evolutionary theory and climate change have scientific consensus, but explain that to state lawmakers seeking to ‘teach the controversy.’ This is broader than attacks on specific scientific disciplines. In a way, it doesn’t matter to them which scientific discipline they are criticizing—their main thrust is a denial of the validity of science itself
Read MoreA new book illuminates the making of scientific frauds.
Read MoreTexas Board of Education members continue “Christian Nation” quest to rewrite history.
Read MoreClaiming to oppose ‘scientific dogma’ climate change foes seek to ‘teach the controversy’ in schools.
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A new study of brain activity in those thought to be in a “vegetative” state blurs the line between life and death.
Read MoreResults seen as victory for public education free of religious right influence.
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