From Scopes to Intelligent Design: Creationism and Evolution

Undergraduate / Graduate

This course begins with the Scopes Trial in 1925, a pivotal moment in the emergence of Protestant fundamentalism and anti-evolution in the United States. It follows protracted and prolonged debates about the meaning of evolution, science, and expertise in the US. Some attention is devoted to foundational questions about meaning of science in modern society and the religious and cultural bases of anti-evolution in the US. We also look at the internal divisions within conservative Protestant Christianity on how to reconcile faith and science.