O Lord, how manifold are thy works!
In wisdom hast thou made them all:
the earth is full of thy riches. (Psalm
104:24)
What is the NRCSE?
Often with scientific issues that have religious
implications, as in
debates between proponents of evolutionary science and proponents of
creationism or intelligent design, it seems as if there is a
fundamental conflict between science and religion. We in the
Nebraska Religious Coalition for Science Education (NRCSE) are
Nebraskans of various religious faiths who respect both science and
theology. Our mission is to proclaim the compatibility of good
science (including evolution) and good theology (including
creation). The NRCSE recognizes the duty of Nebraska's schools to
help students understand the best available science. We believe
that evolution can and should be widely taught in a scientifically
sound manner
that is neutral regarding philosophical or religious worldviews.
We are convinced that academic freedom, religious freedom, and
scientific integrity are compatible.
Latest News (2008-2009, most
recent on top):
- Vatican Searches for
Extra-terrestrial Life, Physorg.com,
November 10,
2009
- Creationism,
Minus
a Young Earth, Emerges in the Islamic World by
Kenneth Chang, The
New York Times, November 2,
2009
- How
Creationist
'Origin' Distorts Darwin by
Eugenie Scott, US
News and World Report God &
Country blog,October 30, 2009
- Islam’s
Darwin
Problem by Drake Bennett, The Boston Globe, October 25, 2009
- Believing
in
God and Evolution by Scott Jaschik,
Inside
Higher
Ed, October
14,
2009
- Human Genome
and Embryology Experts Named to Pontifical Academy of Sciences,
Catholic
News
Agency,
October 12, 2009
- Creating
Controversy by Jack Stripling, Inside Higher
Ed, September
1,
2009
- We
Believe
in Evolution — and God by Karl Giberson and
Darrel Falk, USA Today, August 10, 2009
- The
Vision
Lives On by Darrel Falk of
BioLogos, posted on their Beliefnet blog "Science and the Sacred,"
August 7, 2009
- The
Great
Accommodationism Debate by John Wilkins on
his blog "Evolving Thoughts," June 26, 2009
- Science
and
Religion: A History of Conflict? by James Hannam, "Comment is Free" blog of The
Guardian (UK), June 14, 2009
- West
of
Eden by
NCSE's Faith
Project Director Peter M. J. Hess in the Washington
Post's
on-line "On Faith" feature June 16, 2009
- The
Public
Understanding of Evolution and the KISS Principle RealPlayer video of
NCSE's executive director Eugenie C. Scott at the Evolution 2009
conference on June 12, 2009
- 'Evolution
is
God's Work' by Anjana Ahuja, who interviewed Michael
Reiss for The Times
(London), June 4, 2009
- Augustine's
Origin
of Species by Alister McGrath, Christianity
Today, May 8, 2009
- Think
Again:
God Talk by
Stanley Fish, New
York Times, May 3, 2009
- Teaching
Science, With Faith in Mind by Arri Eisen and David Westmoreland, Chronicle
of
Higher Education, May 1, 2009
- God
Outside
the Gaps by Andrew Brown, "Comment is Free" blog of The
Guardian (UK), April 29, 2009
- Evolution
is
Not to Blame for Atheism, Says US Professor by
Carol
Glatz, Catholic
News Service, March 6, 2009
- Why Christians
Should Celebrate Darwin by Denis Alexander, Ekklesia, February 13, 2009
- Darwin
Was
Right. Up To a Point by Simon Conway
Morris, The Guardian
(UK),
February 12, 2009
- Finding
Sanctuary
in Faith and Physics by Alaina G. Levine, APS Physics, February, 2009
- Vatican
Buries
the Hatchet with Charles Darwin by Richard Owen, The Times (London), February 11, 2009
- Science
and
Religion Don’t Have to be Enemies by
Julian Baggini, The
Herald (Glasgow), February
10, 2009
- Does
the Empirical Nature of
Science Contradict the Revelatory Nature of Faith?
- Where
Faith
Meets Fact: Author's Attempt
to Reconcile Science and Religion is Met with Attacks from Both Camps by
Peter Rowe, in the San
Diego
Union Tribune, February
2, 2009
- Darwin's
Twin Track: 'Evolution and Emancipation', by Adrian Desmond for BBC News.
- Chapter
1
of 'Darwin's Sacred Cause' by Adrian Desmond and James Moore, New York Times, January 30, 2009
- Darwin:
Shaped
by Slavery by
Adrian
Desmond, The Times
(London), January 22, 2009
- Evolutionary
Creation
by Denis Lamoureux
– A Brief Introduction by
John Lang, December 31, 2008
- Rabbis
Back
Evolution and Oppose Creationism in Letter Parallel to Christian
Clergy's Statement, by
Robert Mitchum of the Chicago
Tribune, as carried by the
Baltimore Sun, September 21, 2008. For the Chicago Tribune link, please click here.
- The
Church
of England's web
site
on Darwin was
launched September 15, 2008
- Evolution
and
Creationism, an
interview of Francisco Ayala by Harvey Leifert for the HHMI Bulletin, August 2008
- Does Science Make Belief in God Obsolete?, the Templeton Foundation
- Response
to
"Expelled: No
Intelligence Allowed" from
the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences
- Review
of "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed" by Kenneth R. Miller, Brown University
- Review
of "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed" by Frank Percival, Westmont College
- Review
of "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed" by Jeffrey Schloss, Westmont College
- Expelled Exposed, from the National Center for Science
Education
- Manufactroversy:
The
Art of Creating Controversy Where None Existed by Leah Ceccarelli, University of
Washington, April 11th, 2008
- The New Theology by Jeremy Manier, The Chicago Tribune, January 19, 2008
- Science,
Evolution, and Creationism, National Academies of Science, January 3, 2008
- Survey:
61
Percent Agree with Evolution, LiveScience, January 2, 2008
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