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Spring 2018
Mar 28,2024
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LIBS 655 - DARWIN AND DIVINITY
Our course will center around discussions of the literature on evolution and creationism/intelligent design. We will read and discuss several chapters from Darwin's The Origin of Species and material written by modern evolutionists. We will also read and discuss relevant passages from the bibles and holy books of a cross section of the world's religions and read some essays about evolution from members of the clergy. We will seek to understand the position of the creationist/intelligent design movement by reading some material written by Francisco Ayala, Richard Dawkins, Stephen J. Gould, Charles Hodge, Thomas Huxley, Kenneth Miller, Pope John Paul II, Karl Popper, Michael Ruse and Adam Sedgewick. We will try to understand the opposing positions in important court cases involved with teaching evolution in public schools especially the McLean v. Arkansas Board of Education and Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District cases. The class will be run as a seminar with students expected to have read the assigned materials prior to class so they can fully participate in the discussion. This course is highly recommended, but not mandatory.
0.000 TO 3.000 Credit hours
0.000 TO 3.000 Lecture hours

Levels: Graduate
Schedule Types: Lecture

Liberal Studies Department

Course Attributes:
MLS COURSE FOR GRAD FEE ASSESS

Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Colleges:     
      Graduate Liberal Studies
      Graduate-Non Matriculated

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