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Counterbalance - A non-profit educational organization working to promote counterbalanced perspectives on complex issues. Excellent website addresses complex issues such as the evolution/creation controversy and the relationship of science and religion. Many audio and video links. AAAS Dialogue
on Science and Religion - Promotes
knowledge about developments in science and technology within the religious
community, and provides opportunities for dialogue between the scientific and
religious communities on ethical and religious implications of scientific
developments. Metanexus: The
Online Forum on Religion and Science – an organization dedicated to advancing research, education and outreach on the
constructive engagement of science and religion. Their goal is to create an
enduring intellectual and social movement by collaborating with persons and
communities from diverse religious traditions and scientific disciplines. The European Society
for the Study of Science and Theology (ESSSAT) - a scholarly,
non-confessional organization, based in Europe, which aims to promote the
study of relationships between the natural sciences and theological view. The Center
for the Study of Science and Religion - interdisciplinary, inter-school,
collaborative forum for the examination of issues lying at the boundary of
the scientific and religious ways of comprehending the world and our place in
it. Nature News: Religion and Science – a range of news, columns and
features about the frequently fraught relationship between religion and
science. The Scopes “Monkey Trial” - This thorough Scopes trial site, built by Prof.
Douglas O. Linder of the University of Missouri - Kansas City Law School,
provides a wealth of primary documents -- trial transcripts, photographs,
newspaper accounts, the Tennessee statute, relevant passages from Genesis -- as well as excellent summary essays Evolution/creationism (General Info/Think Tanks) EVOLUTION PBS:
Evolution –
Evolution info on various topics including Darwin, Change, Extinction,
Survival, Sex, Humans & Religion Understanding
Evolution – info
about Evolution with a special focus on Teachers. Tree of Life – project whose main goal is to provide a uniform and linked framework in which to
publish electronically information about the evolutionary history and
characteristics of all groups of organisms. Replicators: Evolutionary Powerhouses – aims to provide a coherent,
well-integrated presentation of the “replicator theory” of evolution to
students and interested laypeople. BBC: Human Evolution – Take a journey through time,
from the last ancestor of chimps and humans to the emergence of modern
people. CREATIONISM Answers In
Genesis - an apologetics (i.e., Christianity-defending) ministry,
dedicated to enabling Christians to defend their faith, and to proclaim the
gospel of Jesus Christ effectively. Institute for Creation
Research – an organization devoted to research, publication, and
teaching in those fields of science particularly relevant to the study of
origins. Center for
Science & Culture - supports research by scientists and other scholars
developing the scientific theory known as intelligent design. Discovery Institute’s think tank. INTELLIGENT DESIGN Peer-reviewed paper defends theory of intelligent design – *Nature
9/9/04 Organizations of Interest/Advocacy Groups Pro-Evolution/Anti-Creation National Center
for Science Education (NCSE) - defends the teaching of evolution in
public schools American Civil
Liberties Union (ACLU) – their mission is to defend and preserve the individual
rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the
Constitution and laws of the United States Pro-Creation/Anti-Evolution Discovery
Institute - an organization based
in Seattle, WA that is the most visible arm of the Intelligent Design
movement. How do different religions view science? Buddhism Buddhism and Science: Probing the Boundaries of Faith
and Reason – An
article by Dr. Martin J. Verhoeven from “Religion East and West”” discussing
the relationship between Buddhism and Science. Religion and Science: Buddhism on the Brain - *Nature 12/09/04 Christianity Christians in Science – professional Christian group for all who are concerned with science/faith issues Islam Center for Islam & Science – dedicated to the promotion of research and diffusion of knowledge on all aspects of Islam and science. Judaism Science and Judaism – explains basics of judaism’s
relationship with science Jewish Encyclopedia: Evolution – excerpt from an encyclopedia published in the early 1900s.
FORUMS: EvC Forum – a site containing numerous discussion
boards that is “dedicated to helping develop a better understanding of both
sides of the issue. Talk.Origins – a discussion board hosted by Google that
touches on many aspects of the Creation vs. Evolution debate Creation/Evolution:
The Eternal Debate
– Message board with many different forums. Secular
Web Discussion: Evolution/Creation – a “philosophical forum” with many threads
debating Evolution/Creation
BLOGS: Evolving Thoughts
– a blog maintained by John Wilkins, a postdoctoral research fellow at
the Biohumanities Project, University of Queensland. BOOKS: WEB BIBLIOGRAPHIES: PBS’ Evolution Library – contains extensive information on Darwin's
theory. You can browse videos,
web activities, interviews, and the like, or search the "other
resources" category for a reading list on evolution.
This page created and maintained by Molly Orton, FOSEP member and |
Science
and Intelligent Design Dissing Darwin – The Washington Post 6/3/05 Museum Quits as Film Sponsor – The New York Times 6/3/05 Master Planned: Why Intelligent Design Isn’t – The New Yorker 5/23/05 Kansas
Hearings Kansas Debate Challenges Science Itself – The New York Times 5/16/05 The terms of debate in Kansas – New York Times 5/15/05 US School Battle Over Evolution – BBC News 5/6/05 Evolution hearings open in Kansas – CNN 5/5/05 Intelligent
Design’s University Presence Dealing with Design – Nature 4/28/05 Intelligent Design: Who has designs on your student’s
minds? – Nature
4/28/05 Around
the world – views on Evolution Would you Adam and Eve it? – BBC News 4/1/05 The
Pope Pope praised for partial conciliation of science and
religion – Nature
4/7/05 What
Do We Believe? Poll finds students believe in evolution over creation – The Minnesota Daily 4/21/05 Kansas
State Board of Education holds evolution hearings Board of Education hears debate on science curriculum
– Kansas City Star
4/14/05 AAAS ‘respectfully declines’ invitation to controversial
Kansas evolution hearing
– EurekAlert 4/12/05 Evolution backers to boycott Kansas hearings
– The Kansas City Star 4/11/05 Biologists snub Kangaroo Court for Darwin – Nature 3/30/05 Conservatives won’t back away from evolution hearings
– The Kansas City
Star 3/8/05 Kansas to hold six days of hearings over evolution – USA Today 3/8/05 Secular Government Believers aim to ‘reclaim’ America – The Washington Times 4/15/05 Why Bush threatens secularism – The Washington Times 4/14/05 Religion under a secular assault – The Washington Times 4/13/05 Intelligent Design bill proposed in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania House Bill No. 1007 – The General Assembly of Pennsylvania
3/16/05 Bridging
Science & Religion UC Physicist honored for bridging science, religion – San Francisco Chronicle 3/10/05 Teaching
evolution: Civil rights groups sue over intelligent design curriculum Battle on teaching evolution sharpens – Washington Post 3/14/05 |
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