| Table of Contents Compiled by Wendy Cunningham |
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| Introduction | |
| I. | Sites describing and/or supporting evolution |
| II. | Sites describing and/or promoting creationism |
| III. | Position statements by scientific and educational groups |
| IV. | Interactive forums |
| V. | Keep Kansas out of your back yard: What you can do |
| VI. | The Kansas Decision and other recent creationism vs. evolution school debates |
| VII. | Court cases |
| VIII. | Articles, essays, books, reports, and press releases |
| IX. | GSA members speak out at GSA's 1999 Annual Meeting |
| X. | Participate in the debate by teaching a class — Past GSA Treasurer David Dunn provides a syllabus and annotated bibliography for his University of Texas at Dallas course Geology Refutes Creationism |
Evolution and Creationism —
Articles, essays, books, reports, and press releases
The links below are related to evolution and the relationship between science and creationism.
For more literature on these themes, search the archives of major newspapers and the Creation vs. Evolution Reference Database, or explore links to articles and recommended reading lists from other evolution vs. creationism sites.
MAIN TOPICS ON THIS PAGE:
- Physical and biological evolution of Earth
- Evolution vs. creationism in the classroom
- Who are creationists?
- Addressing anti-evolutionism
- Exploring the relationship between science and religion
- Intelligent design?
Physical and biological evolution of Earth
- The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin
- The Descent of Man, Charles Darwin
- The Voyage of the Beagle, Charles Darwin
- Science and Creationism: A View from the National Academy of Sciences (second edition)
- The Evolution of the Universe, P. James E. Peebles (Princeton University), David N. Schramm (formerly of University of Chicago), Edwin L. Turner (Princeton University), and Richard G. Kron (University of Chicago) (published in Scientific American)
- Teaching about Evolution and the Nature of Science is an on-line book from the Resource for K–12 teachers, published by National Academy Press
Evolution vs. creationism in the classroom
- The Political Lessons
of Kansas
David Applegate, American Geological Institute (AGI) director of Government Affairs program - Government
Affairs Report: The Age of Rocks versus the Rock of Ages
John Dragonetti, AGI Government Affairs Program senior advisor - Kansas Deletes
Evolution from State Science Test
Script from a Talkback Live Debate with Eugenie Scott (executive director, National Center for Science Education) and Phillip Johnson (author of "Darwin on Trial") - Why
Evolution Must Not Be Ignored
Transcript of a washingtonpost.com discussion;
Steve Good (director, Kansas Collaborative Research Network) was on-line to answer questions regarding the Kansas Decision. - Gore
Avoids Stance on Creationism
Hanna Rosin, Washington Post staff writer - Students From Around the Country Rally on Kansas State Line for the Return of Evolution to Science Curricula
- Americans United For Separation of Church and State Endorses Student-led Campaign to Protect Teaching of Evolution
- Statement of the National
Science Teachers Association in Response to the Kansas State Board of Education's
Actions to Remove Evolution from State Standards
Press release from the National Science Teachers Association - Update on Kansas
School Board Decision and Related Challenges to the Teaching of Evolution (12-29-99)
AGI Government Affairs program - Scientists Speak Out: The Battle to Win Back New Mexico
Les McFadden, Chairman of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico - National Science Teachers
Association Urges Oklahoma to Reject Textbook Disclaimer on Evolution
Press release from the National Science Teachers Association - Attitudes Toward Evolution
Study report by Jeffrey Weld and Jill C. McNew, published in The Science Teacher - Creationism in the Classroom: Should Science Classes Teach Creationism?
ABCnews.com presents essays by Ellen Johnson (president, American Atheists) and D. Russell Humphreys (physicist and author of Starlight and Time, "a book on creationism")
- Who Are Creationists?
David Dathe (from the Affiliation of Christian Geologists Web site) - A Brief History
of the Modern American Creation Movement
Jerry Bergman (from the American Scientific Affiliation Web site)
- Dealing with Anti-Evolutionism
Eugenie Scott, executive director, National Center for Science Education - Dealing
With "Scientific" Creationists (1994)
Frederick Edwords, executive director of the American Humanist Association - 25 Creationists' Arguments and 25 Evolutionists' Answers
Michael Shermer, director of the Skeptics Society and executive editor of Skeptic magazine
Exploring the relationship between science and religion
- Modern Science and the Book of Genesis
James W. Skehan, S.J., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Boston College (from the National Science Teachers Association Web site) - Radiometric Dating:
A Christian Perspective
Roger C. Wiens, Division of Geological & Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology (from the Affiliation of Christian Geologists Web site) - The
Epic of Evolution: Religious and Cultural Interpretations of Modern Scientific
Cosmology
Connie Barlow (conference report from the Science & Spirit Web site) - New
Wineskins for Old Wine: A Credible Theology for a Scientific World
From the Science & Spirit Web site - Message of Pope John Paul II to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences Concerning the Relationship between Revelation and Theories of Evolution
- Creationists Open
a New Front
by David Applegate