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Religions and rights: An interview with Richard Amesbury
Though currently on sabbatical at the University of Zürich, Richard Amesbury teaches religious and philosophical ethics at the Claremont School…
The science of morality
Sam Harris, author and vehement secularist, argues that science can create a moral code as effectively as religion can.
Templeton and journalistic integrity
The Templeton-Cambridge Journalism Fellowships have been a source of fierce controversy among science writers, particularly since John Horgan's ambivalent 2006…
Philosophers rethink Darwin
At The Chronicle of Higher Education, Michael Ruse surveys a number of contemporary philosophers—including some you might not expect, and…
A new twist in the Texas textbook case
Justin Elliot of Talking Points Memo reports that Don McLeroy, the "top conservative activist on the powerful Texas Board of…
Global warming and evolution deniers unite
The New York Times reports today that, in several states around the U.S., global warming deniers have found common cause…
John Haught’s theology of evolution
At the excellent evolution/creationism-junkie blog The Sensuous Curmudgeon, there's an announcement about Making Sense of Evolution, the new book by…
Faith from the NIH
When Francis Collins was appointed director of the National Institutes of Health last year, he stepped down from leading the…
Taking stock of intelligent design
Physicist Stephen Barr, at First Things, looks back on the "intelligent design" movement and asks if it has done any…