Reports of the National Center for Science Education

Year: 

2010

Date: 

September-October

Reviewer: 

Daniel K Brannan

Work under Review

Title: 

Creationism and the Conflict over Evolution

Author(s): 

Tatha Wiley

As a theologian at the University of St Thomas (St Paul, Minnesota), Tatha Wiley engages Darwinian thought in order to gain insight into the doctrines of Christianity. She emphasizes that t

Reports of the National Center for Science Education

Year: 

2010

Date: 

July-August

Reviewer: 

Alexander Glass

Work under Review

Title: 

The Genesis Enigma: Why the Bible is Scientifically Accurate

Author(s): 

Andrew Parker

Andrew Parker, evolutionary biologist and Honorary Research Fellow at Green Templeton College at Oxford University, is perhaps best known in scientific circles for his “light-switch t

en español

by Peter M. J. Hess, Director, Religious Community Outreach

Opponents of evolution often claim that their opposition is based upon a lack of supporting scientific evidence. In reality, their objection frequently stems from a separate issue: how to read the Bible and interpret the view of nature it projects.

Reports of the National Center for Science Education

Year: 

2008

Date: 

May–June

Reviewer: 

Daryl P Domning

Work under Review

Title: 

Creation and Evolution: A Conference with Pope Benedict XVI in Castel Gandolfo

Author(s): 

compiled by Stephan Otto Horn and Siegfried Wiedenhofer

Awaited with curiosity since initial news reports of this meeting, this book proves doubly disappointing. It is regrettable that top Catholic leaders seem drawn toward "intelligent design" (ID); but it is disturbing that they seem not even aware of relevant and better thinking within their own church.

by Robert Carneiro

In the beginning there was a period of Chaos, when air, water, and matter were combined in a formless mixture. On this floated a Cosmic Egg, from which arose Gaea (Earth) and Uranus (Sky). These deities created the earth and its creatures and the Sun, Moon, and Stars. Thus the Greeks accounted for creation.