Religion Dispatches
Texas is the second largest purchaser of textbooks in the country. If conservative Christians on the Texas Board of Ed panel prevail in their wish to leave Ann Hutchinson (trouble maker!), Cesar Chavez, and Thurgood Marshall out of the social studies curriculum, all US schools could be affected.
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A new book on the Scopes “Monkey Trial” reveals history through people, images, and good old soap opera.
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A Pulitzer Prize-winning author tangles with one of the most fraught questions of the day: “The danger for science is that, if forced to choose between God or evolution, most Americans will choose God.”
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Comedian Ben Stein’s new documentary on the persecution of Intelligent Design advocates in schools is rife with errors and distortions, but there’s much to learn about the failure of science teaching.
Read More1925, 1955, 2005 and now, Ben Stein; It refuses to die because “the debate about evolution is not about evolution at all.”
Read MoreGet ready for more of the hoary old “raving evangelicals” vs. “atheist scientists” cant. Note to scientists: This is no time for smugness.
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We should not overlook the New Atheists’ support for science, progressive views and legitimization of non-belief as a viable alternative. Unfortunately, their record is also marked by an intolerance of religious people and the alienation of potential progressive allies.
Read MoreOpening the door to “junk science,” members of the Texas Board of Education inserted the coded language of creationism. With the second largest textbook budget in the nation, publishers are paying close attention.
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A recent New Republic book review argued that science and religion cannot be reconciled. In response, biologist Arri Eisen suggests that we acknowledge the ‘pink elephant’—the thorny questions that arise when religion and science meet—and use it as an opportunity to teach and learn about the conflicting perspectives.
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An RD columnist and biologist asks a poet, a public health expert, and an evolutionary biologist how Darwin affects their beliefs.
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