Evolution supporters argue: Courts have affirmed evolution's place in education. Creationism is just a belief, not based on empirical data, and not testable. Creationism undermines critical thinking ...

A new book by biblical scholar Dr. Dru Johnson, visiting associate professor of religion at Hope College, moves beyond the either-or debate in exploring what the Bible and evolutionary science say ...

(The Conversation) — The 1925 Scopes trial, in which a Dayton, Tennessee, teacher was charged with violating state law by teaching biological evolution, was one of the earliest and most iconic ...

An excerpt from The Sacred Chain: How Understanding Evolution Leads to Deeper Faith. After my brief opening statement, the rest of our time was set aside for “discussion.” The two-hour meeting felt ...

A new study asks why the ID movement hasn’t left a more enduring mark on scientific or religious thought. Like a brightly burning candle in the wind: That’s how C. W. Howell depicts the brief history ...

One hundred years ago, the small town of Dayton, Tenn., became the unlikely stage for one of the most sensational trials in American history. A local substitute teacher, John Scopes, was charged with ...

Judge John T. Raulston holds the decision in the Scopes Trial at the Rhea County Courthouse in Dayton, Tennessee, July 17, 1925. John Scopes, a biology teacher, was on trial for violating a Tennessee ...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A lavishly illustrated "Atlas of Creation" is mysteriously turning up at schools and libraries in Turkey, proclaiming that Charles Darwin's theory of evolution is the real root of ...

Speakers at a school board meeting and on social media have voiced opposition, citing religious beliefs and a desire for more open discussion. The letter states that evolution is a unifying scientific ...

On July 10, 1925, the small town of Dayton, Tennessee, became the unlikely epicenter of a clash that reverberated through US history for a century. The trial of John T. Scopes, a young high school ...

Bruce Lear lives in Sioux City. He has been connected to public schools for 38 years. He taught for 11 years and represented educators as an Iowa State Education Association regional director for 27 ...