46% Hold Creationist View of Human Origins. PRINCETON, NJ -- Forty-six percent of Americans believe in the creationist view that God created humans in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years.
The prevalence of this creationist view of the origin of humans is essentially unchanged from 30 years ago, when Gallup first asked the question. About a third of Americans believe that humans evolved, but with God's guidance; 15% say humans evolved, but that God had no part in the process. Gallup has asked Americans to choose among these three explanations for the origin and development of human beings 11 times since 1982. BOARD FOR KANSAS DELETES EVOLUTION FROM CURRICULUM. The Kansas Board of Education voted yesterday to delete virtually any mention of evolution from the state's science curriculum, in one of the most far-reaching efforts by creationists in recent years to challenge the teaching of evolution in schools.
While the move does not prevent the teaching of evolution, it will not be included in the state assessment tests that evaluate students' performance in various grades, which may discourage school districts from spending time on the subject. And the decision is likely to embolden local school boards seeking either to remove evolution from their curriculums, to force teachers to raise questions about its validity or to introduce creationist ideas. Some local boards have already said they will consider adopting creationist textbooks, while others have said they will continue teaching evolution. Creationists say a divine being created humans and other species. Phillip E. The Scopes Trial, The Twentieth Century, Divining America: Religion in American History, TeacherServe, National Humanities Center.
History of Religion in America. Introduction.
Religion in Post-World War II America, The Twentieth Century, Divining America: Religion in American History, TeacherServe, National Humanities Center. American Family Association. Bryan Fischer: The Evangelical Radio Host's 'Campaign To Control The Republican Party' Hide captionBefore hosting Focal Point, Bryan Fischer was the chaplain of the Idaho State Senate and the head of the Idaho chapter of the American Family Association.
Troy Maben/AP Before hosting Focal Point, Bryan Fischer was the chaplain of the Idaho State Senate and the head of the Idaho chapter of the American Family Association. In April, Mitt Romney hired Richard Grenell, an openly gay man, to serve as his campaign's national security spokesman. Within hours, Grenell was being attacked by a Christian radio talk show host named Bryan Fischer, whose Focal Point call-in show reaches more than 1 million listeners a day.
Nine days after Fischer began his on-air attack, Grenell resigned. The Christian right and Fischer saw Grenell's resignation as a "tremendous victory," says New Yorker staff writer Jane Mayer. How Bryan Fischer is Making Mitt Romney More Conservative. Tupelo, Mississippi, is best known as the birthplace of Elvis Presley, and his childhood home remains the town’s top attraction.
Another local performer, however, has recently garnered national attention. For two hours every weekday, a broadcaster named Bryan Fischer hosts “Focal Point,” a popular Christian radio talk show. Religion and Politics in America (Audio) Speaker: Robert D.
Putnam, Malkin Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy SchoolPresider: Irina A. Faskianos, Vice President, National Program & Outreach, Council on Foreign Relations March 21, 2012 Robert Putnam leads a conversation on the relationship between religion and politics in the United States and what it means for the upcoming presidential election as part of CFR's Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call series. Learn more about CFR's Religion and Foreign Policy Initiative.
Terms of Use: I understand that I may access this audio and/or video file solely for my personal use. God and Caesar in America. America's True History of Religious Tolerance. Wading into the controversy surrounding an Islamic center planned for a site near New York City’s Ground Zero memorial this past August, President Obama declared: “This is America.
And our commitment to religious freedom must be unshakeable. The principle that people of all faiths are welcome in this country and that they will not be treated differently by their government is essential to who we are.” In doing so, he paid homage to a vision that politicians and preachers have extolled for more than two centuries—that America historically has been a place of religious tolerance. It was a sentiment George Washington voiced shortly after taking the oath of office just a few blocks from Ground Zero.
But is it so? Evolution: Religion: Evolution Revolution. 2000: Science Standards (Battle in the Schools) (Reconciliation) Science standards called "reprehensible.
" A nationwide study sponsored by The Fordham Foundation laments that 19 U.S. states do "a weak-to-reprehensible job of handling evolution in their science standards. " Twelve states shun the word "evolution," and four avoid topics in evolution completely. The study stresses that creationist views have no place in the science classroom, yet also sounds a conciliatory note: "Scientists and science teachers do well to keep in mind that a large majority of Americans believes that faith in God is the surest way to appreciate the wonder and grandeur of life itself. Schools need to recognize and honor that faith. " 2000: Jefferson High School (Battle in the Schools) Jefferson High School students petition for creationism. 2001: Gallup Poll (Evolution Challenged) (Reconciliation) Gallup poll shows U.S. still split over evolution.
The Washington Monthly. June 12, 2006 SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON TOM DELAY....A few commenters last night wondered if the Tom DeLay quote that I posted was real.
After a bit of checking, my guess is that it's not. Rather, it's a paraphrase of a longer and even more addlepated rant. Here it is, straight from the Congressional Record four weeks after the Columbine shootings: Every once in a while, I read something or hear something that blows away all that smoke that clouds a particular issue. In Texas Curriculum Fight, Identity Politics Leans Right. Texas Conservatives Win Vote on Textbook Standards. The vote was 10 to 5 along party lines, with all the Republicans on the board voting for it.
The board, whose members are elected, has influence beyond Texas because the state is one of the largest buyers of textbooks. In the digital age, however, that influence has diminished as technological advances have made it possible for publishers to tailor books to individual states. In recent years, board members have been locked in an ideological battle between a bloc of conservatives who question Darwin’s theory of evolution and believe the Founding Fathers were guided by Christian principles, and a handful of Democrats and moderate Republicans who have fought to preserve the teaching of Darwinism and the separation of church and state.
Since January, Republicans on the board have passed more than 100 amendments to the 120-page curriculum standards affecting history, sociology and economics courses from elementary to high school. The standards were proposed by a panel of teachers. Dr. Mr. Michael Sean Winters: How The Ghost Of Jerry Falwell Conquered The Republican Party. The 2012 GOP nominating contest has witnessed the final triumph of an unlikely figure. I say “unlikely” because his name hasn’t been invoked much (if at all) by any of the candidates, nor has he been mentioned frequently by the press in its campaign coverage. What’s more, he died in 2007. Yet when historians someday go looking for the intellectual and ideological father of the Obama-era GOP, I suspect they will fixate on one figure above all others: the Reverend Jerry Falwell. How Christian Were the Founders?
Ross Douthat. Journalist Ross Douthat joined The New York Times as an Op-Ed columnist in April 2009, the youngest such columnist ever hired by the Times. He is also film critic for the National Review, and was previously senior editor at The Atlantic and blogger for theatlantic.com. Church & State in America. Essays In Germany in 1799, just eleven years after the Federalist Papers appeared in America, the Protestant theologian Friedrich Schleiermacher wrote a marvelous book entitled On Religion: Speeches to Its Cultured Despisers. He observed, in his high-spirited opening lines, that for a long time “faith has not been every man’s affair,” that only a “few have discerned religion itself, while millions, in various ways, have been satisfied to juggle with its trappings.
Now, especially, the life of cultivated people is far from anything that might have even a resemblance to religion.” Teasing his sophisticated audience for their hostility to the subject—“I know how well you have succeeded in making your earthly life so rich and varied that you no longer stand in need of an eternity…You are agreed, I know, that nothing new, nothing convincing can any more be said on this matter”—he nonetheless plunged in. Let me first state my dubious credentials for writing on this subject.