Michael Dowd argues that Christians should thank God for the New Atheists. A self-styled "evangelist" for evolution, Dowd recently preached a sermon in Oklahoma City in which he called for nothing less than a rejection of biblical Christianity and th ...
No one seems quite sure what to do with agnostics. In a sense, they are the odd cousins at the theological family reunion. The atheists and the theists know where they stand, but the agnostics? Who knows? Writing recently at Slate.com, Ron Rosenbaum ...
From time to time, a column in a newspaper is more revealing than its author probably intended it to be. That seems to be the case with "Myths Widen the Science-Religion Divide" by Elaine Howard Ecklund, published in the July 19, 2010 edition of USA ...
The news rushes at us fast and furiously, as do so many worthy articles, books, and essays that call out for attention. Some of these items clearly deserve a closer look. What follows is a briefing of writings that should not escape your review. You ...
In a recent column, Charles C. Haynes argues that the desire to make the public schools the center of the battle against evolution is "both wrong and dangerous." Haynes is convinced that "Scientists and science educators should decide what our kids ...
Charles C. Haynes, Senior Scholar at the First Amendment Center in Washington, warns that America needs to strengthen its science education programs, since "American students rank an abysmal 21st in scientific literacy when compared to students aroun ...
Every individual human being is embedded in a complex of culture, language, relationships, and ideas. What we see as normal is a product of our perception from within that embedded social location. It takes considerable intellectual effort to escape ...