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Religion drives skepticism about evolution, but not climate change
By Lauren Markoe — December 13, 2016
(RNS) Sociologists debunk a common assumption about religion and science.
No, Ken Ham, whites are not colored people
By Jacob Lupfer — October 6, 2016
(RNS) Substituting the term 'people groups' for 'race' is not going to rectify the manifold injustices of a nation that was founded on the enslavement of millions of Africans.
A flood of guests expected as Noah’s Ark theme park opens in Kentucky
By Emily McFarlan Miller — July 7, 2016
WILLIAMSTOWN, Ky. (RNS) The Ark Encounter's aim is to show that the biblical flood account is historic and the Bible is true in regard to history and science, says Answers in Genesis President and CEO Ken Ham.
Why some evangelicals changed their minds about evolution
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — June 11, 2016
(RNS) Countering creationist theology, 25 evangelicals argue for science in a new book, "How I Changed My Mind About Evolution."
Do no harm to life on Mars? Ethical limits of the ‘Prime Directive’
By RNS staff — May 30, 2016
One of the most profound concerns is about the moral status of extraterrestrial life forms.
Chinese robot monk blends science and Buddhism
By RNS staff — April 21, 2016
BEIJING — Xian'er can hold a conversation by answering about 20 simple questions about Buddhism and daily life.
Do science and religion conflict? It’s all in how you ‘see’ it
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — October 22, 2015
(RNS) Most say there's a clash of worldviews "in general" but only 30 percent say so when asked if their own beliefs conflict with science.
Muslim ‘clock boy’ gets hug from Obama at White House Astronomy Night
By Reuters — October 20, 2015
WASHINGTON (Reuters) "We have to watch for and cultivate and encourage those glimmers of curiosity and possibility, not suppress them, not squelch them," the president said.
Rob Bell’s ‘Everything Is Spiritual’ tour explores the evolution of the universe
By Jesse James DeConto — July 28, 2015
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) Rob Bell maps Christian faith onto modern evolutionary science, quoting New Age healing champion Deepak Chopra, Sufi mystic Rumi and Catholic theologian Pierre Teilhard de Chardin -- an amalgamation sure to rile some in the evangelical crowd that made him famous.
John M. Templeton Jr., philanthropist devoted to science and religion, dies at 75
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — May 19, 2015
WASHINGTON (RNS) An evangelical Christian, John (Jack) Templeton Jr. not only inherited his father’s devotion to seeking truth at the intersection of science and spirituality, he inherited the Templeton Foundation controversies that came it.
What’s your ‘cosmic identity’? Philosopher says you have one
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — April 24, 2015
(RNS) Nancy Ellen Abrams' new book on the origin of God argues for God as a science-rooted creation of humanity's "collective aspirations."
Keeping the baby vs. abortion: Americans muddled morality about the unborn (COMMENTARY)
By Trevin Wax — March 30, 2015
(RNS) The debate over abortion reveals our society’s inconsistency: We only affirm the humanity of the unborn if the child is “wanted.”
Science vs. religion? There’s actually more of a three-way split
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — January 29, 2015
(RNS) Sociologists say one in five Americans know and value both their science and their Bible -- and are less predictable than you might think when faith and science collide.
Metaxas’ editorial on science & God cites few real experts & nothing recent
By Tobin Grant — January 8, 2015
Take Eric Metaxas' op-ed on God and science at face value: it still doesn't come close to showing that "science" is "increasingly" finding evidence for God.
Is Richard Dawkins misunderstood, or does he misunderstand his critics?
By Chris Stedman — November 20, 2014
Why does Richard Dawkins, an experienced communicator who once served as Oxford's Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science, say that he feels misunderstood and muzzled?
