REA Annual Meeting 2019

One aspect of our current social divides involves a raging debate over the possibility of “post-truth,” “alternative facts,” and “fake news.” Among other issues, this debate revolves around the proper relation between empirical evidence, on the hand, and various political, cultural, and religious narratives, on the other. One way to consider this debate is by addressing relations between science and religion. Hence, the final plenary of the conference will feature the theme: “Science and Religious Education in Divided Societies.”

The panel of speakers for this session includes Michael Reiss, Anglican Priest and Professor of Science Education at University College, London, and President of the International Society for Science and Religion, and Sybrina Atwaters, Director: OMED Educational Services at the Georgia Institute of Technology. This session will feature an exercise for addressing tensions surrounding the teaching of evolution from Muslim, Jewish, Christian perspectives.