Author: Robert F. Shedinger
Religion, Science, and Evolution: Confessions of a Darwinian Skeptic
As I read through the scientific literature of evolutionary biology to try and convince myself of its accuracy and coherence, I was struck by the frequency with which I encountered “religious” language.
On Doing Science Versus Understanding Science
Theodosius Dobzhansky and Ashley Montagu wrote in 1947, “Race differences arise chiefly because of the differential action of natural selection on geographically separate populations.”
Letter from San Diego: Science for Seminaries or Materialism for the Masses?
I recently traveled to San Diego to attend the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion.
What’s at Stake in the Debate over Darwinism?
We know that Darwinian evolution has a long and sordid history of entanglement with issues of race, racism, and eugenics.
The Ideological Nature of Darwinian Evolution
Orthodoxy and heresy are not synonyms for true and false, and sometimes the truth might lie with the heretics.