Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2003
Abstract
In this article, I first sketch the basic conflict between evolutionary theory and creationism and describe the opposition of creationists to the teaching of standard evolutionary theory. I then state the basic educational and constitutional questions
about evolution, standard creationism, and "intelligent design." After exploring of five fundamental premises that, in combination, generate the most troubling questions about science, religion, and the public schools, I turn to claims of miracles. Like assertions that God has intervened in natural processes of development, these claims suppose that God transcends or violates scientific principles; their investigation suggests that scientific principles; their investigation suggests that scientific procedures may help identify limits of science.
Disciplines
Constitutional Law | Law | Religion Law
Recommended Citation
Kent Greenawalt,
Establishing Religious Ideas: Evolution, Creationism, and Intelligent Design,
17
Notre Dame J. L. Ethics & Pub. Pol'y
321
(2003).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/faculty_scholarship/3459