Persistent resistance to the teaching of evolution has so drastically impacted science curricula that many students finish school without a basic understanding of a theory that is a fundamental component of scientific literacy. This «evolution/creationism controversy» has crippled biological education in the United States and has begun to spread to other parts of the world. This book takes an educational point of view that respects both the teaching of evolution and religious beliefs. Authors from different academic traditions contribute to a collection of perspectives that begin to dismantle the notion that religion and science are necessarily incompatible. Persistent resistance to the teaching of evolution has so drastically impacted science curricula that many students finish school without a basic understanding of a theory that is a fundamental component of scientific literacy. This «evolution/creationism controversy» has crippled biological education in the United States and has begun to spread to other parts of the world. This book takes an educational point of view that respects both the teaching of evolution and religious beliefs. Authors from different academic traditions contribute to a collection of perspectives that begin to dismantle the notion that religion and science are necessarily incompatible. Acknowledgements ix Cultural Authority and the Polarized Nature of the Evolution/Creationism Controversy 1(10) Leslie S. Jones Michael J. Reiss The History of the Evolution/Creationism Controversy and Likely Future Developments 11(20) Randy Moore The Warfare between Darwinism and Christianity: Who Is the Attacker and What Implications Does This Have for Education? 31(12) Michael Ruse Capturing the Educational Potential of `Creation Science Debates' 43(16) David Mercer How Not to Teach the Controversy about Creationism 59(16) Robert Pennock The Scientific Enterprise and Teaching about Creation 75(14) Michael Poole The Theory of Evolution: Teaching the Whole Truth 89(16) Shaikh Abdul Mabud Fundamentalist and Scientific Discourse: Beyond the War Metaphors and Rhetoric 105(20) Wolff-Michael Roth Examining the Evolutionary Heritage of Humans 125(20) David L. Haury Approaching the Conflict between Religion and Evolution 145(14) Lee Meadows The Personal and the Professional in the Teaching of Evolution 159(20) David F. Jackson Teaching for Understanding Rather than Expectation of Belief 179(18) Leslie S. Jones Teaching about Origins in Science: Where Now? 197(12) Michael J. Reiss Notes on Contributors 209(6) Index 215