NEWS
- Creationism in Brunswick County
Anton Mates
A school district in southern North Carolina considers "equal time" proposals. - Implementing Louisiana's Anti-Evolution Law
Joshua Rosenau
The Louisiana Science Education Act is law, and now it must be implemented. - A Furor over Creationism at the Royal Society
Glenn Branch
A science educator was embroiled in controversy over remarks about creationism in the classroom. - The Latest on Expelled
Eugenie C Scott
The movie is getting publicity again, but as one of the worst films of 2008. - Victory over "Weaknesses" in Texas
Glenn Branch
Language about "strengths and weaknesses" of "controversial" scientific theories was dropped from the state standards. But other changes raise concerns. - Updates
News from Alabama, Florida, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma,Canada, and the Netherlands.
NCSE NEWS
- News from the Membership
What our members are doing to support evolution and oppose pseudoscience wherever the need arises.
MEMBERS' PAGES
- Revisiting the Creation/Evolution Continuum
A reminder that there is a range of perspectives. - Books: Science and Religion Redux
These books explore the relationship between modern science and religious faith. - NCSE On the Road
Check the calendar here for NCSE speakers.
SPECIAL FEATURE: MEMBERS' ROUNDTABLE
- Winning Their Hearts and Minds: Who Should
Speak for Evolution?
Daryl P Domning
Domning suggests that scientists who profess religious faith would help more people to accept evolution. - Response to "Winning Their Hearts and Minds"
Sheldon F Gottlieb
Gottlieb acknowledges the tactical advantage in Domning's proposal, but worries that this approach may weaken scientific literacy in the longer run. - Communicating Evolutionary Science to a Religious Public
Keith B Miller
It is important — for both scientists and the general public — to recognize how science interacts with the values and beliefs of broader culture, and that includes religious belief. - Keeping Evolution Education in Perspective: A Response to Daryl Domning
Erik B Pietrowicz
It is the public school teacher who is at the forefront of this issue. How might Domning's approach play out in the classroom? - Rejoinder to Comments
Daryl P Domning
Reflections on responses at the roundtable.
SPECIAL FEATURE
- People & Places: The Temple of Serapis
Randy Moore
Charles Lyell correctly inferred past geologic processes by observation at this famous site on a peninsula that juts into the Mediterranean just west of Naples.
BOOK REVIEWS
- Thank God for Evolution! — A Response to a RNCSE Review
Michael Dowd
The author discusses the aims of the book. - Saving Darwin: How to Be a Christian and Believe in Evolution
by Karl W Giberson
Reviewed by Denis O Lamoureux - Render Unto Darwin: Philosophical Aspects of the Christian Right's Crusade against Science
by James H Fetzer
Reviewed by Keith M Parsons - Charles Darwin
by Michael Ruse
Reviewed by Doren A Recker - Back to Darwin: A Richer Account of Evolution
edited by John B Cobb Jr
Reviewed by Timothy Shanahan - Evolutionary Creation: A Christian Approach to Evolution
by Denis O Lamoureux
Reviewed by Stephen J Godfrey