Abstract
In his recently published book The War That Never Was: Evolution and Christian Theology, Kemp argues that the controversy over evolution is not properly understood as a war between science and religion. Nevertheless, there do continue to be people who think that evolutionary biology is inconsistent with their own religious beliefs. The inclusion of evolutionary biology in the public school curriculum, reasonable as it is, does raise the question of the extent to which deference is due to the religious beliefs of anti-evolutionist school children and their parents. In this talk, Kemp will argue that the letter of the law allows, the spirit of the First Amendment requires, and sound educational practice justifies, a prefatory word, in the public-school classroom, about the alleged connections between evolution and various religious doctrines held by some of our fellow citizens. Kemp will speak to what the contents of that prefatory word should be.
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Speaker
Dr. Kenneth W. Kemp is an emeritus professor of philosophy at St. Thomas. He studied the history and philosophy of science at the University of Notre Dame and much of his recent research has been centered on the relation of science and religion. His book The War That Never Was: Evolution & Christian Theology was published by Cascade earlier this year.
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