![]() ![]() I did write a book on the Scopes trial, so I can’t really leave Scopes entirely behind. So I think you’ve already had a bias worked into your choice of location.Īs you say, I’m both a historian and a lawyer. (Laughter) There’s not a single, single comment in here. When I got the brochure of the Pier House, I noticed right here in the beginning it said, “Pier House Resort has experienced an elegant evolution.” I see nothing in here about it being an intelligently designed place. LARSON: You are terribly unfair having this event here because when I read the brochure, I think you’d already skewed the deck of where these people are. It is great to have him put all of this in context for us.ĮDWARD J. Ed has covered this both as a lawyer and as a historian. He’s also written Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America’s Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize in history. One of his earlier books was Trial and Error: the American Controversy Over Creation and Evolution. in the history of science, and he has written several award winning books. But he is also a historian of science, with a Ph.D. Ed is not only a lawyer in the law school at the University of Georgia. Wouldn’t it be better if we got somebody who could explain to us the religious/public, education/legal questions that form the ongoing debate about what should be taught in the classroom regarding science and religion?Īnd we could not have found a better person in the country - maybe even the world - than Ed Larson. We decided we should, and one of the suggestions by our media advisors was that it probably would not be best if we had two eminent scientists sit here and debate back and forth physics, biochemistry and the origins of life. ![]() And it has come to our attention several times that we have not covered this topic yet. ![]() MICHAEL CROMARTIE: One of the most important issues in American life today that you are covering constantly is the whole debate about religion in public schools and religion and science. Michael Cromartie, Vice President, Ethics & Public Policy Center Senior Advisor, Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life Larson, Talmadge Chair of Law and Russell Professor of American History, University of Georgia author of Trial and Error: the American Controversy Over Creationism and Evolution and Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America’s Continuing Debate over Science and Religion. Larson, Talmadge Chair of Law and Russell Professor of American History at the University of Georgia, discussed the history of the controversy over teaching evolution in American public schools, from the watershed Scopes trial to the recent legal battle over intelligent design in Dover, Pennsylvania.Įdward J. Some of the nation’s leading journalists gathered in Key West, Florida, in December 2005 for the Pew Forum’s biannual Faith Angle Conference on religion, politics and public life. ![]()
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