Managing the Conflict Between Evolution & Religion

By L. Meadows, Elizabeth C. Doster, D. F. Jackson. 2000

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Current Status of Research in Teaching and Learning Evolution: I. Philosophical/Epistemological Issues (2010, background): “2003; Lawson 1983) and among US fundamentalist/orthodox adults (Meadows et al. 2000).”
Evolution and personal religious belief: Christian university biology-related majors' search for reconciliation (2011, background): “Meadows et al. (2000) contend that persons whose religious beliefs are in apparent conflict with evolution may actively resist learning about evolution.”
The Importance of Understanding the Nature of Science for Accepting Evolution (2008, background): “Teaching science with the aim of changing students’ beliefs about evolution raises difficult questions about the proper role of teachers and science education (e.g., Meadows et al. 2000; McKeachie et al. 2002; Ingram and Nelson 2006).”
Belief, Knowledge, and Science Education (2001, background): “would say that most biologists “believe” in the theory of evolution, meaning that they understand this theory to reliably describe the operation of some aspects of the natural world (Harding and Hare, 2000; Meadows et al., 2000).”
Evolution as a controversial issue: a review of instructional approaches (2008, background): “In short, when students are asked to choose between science and religion, many students will hold onto their religious beliefs (Meadows et al. 2000).”