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Religious Differences on the Question of Evolution

Feb. 4, 2009

In advance of the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birthday on Feb. 12, 2009, the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life recently released a report exploring the evolution controversy in the U.S. The Pew Forum's U.S. Religious Landscape Survey found that views on evolution differ widely across religious groups.

For more on this issue, see the Pew Forum's resources on evolution.

Evolution
Source: Pew Forum U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, conducted in 2007, released in 2008
For question wording, refer to the PDF of the full report.

More Resources

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June 23, 2008
U.S. Religious Landscape Survey: Social and Political Views (PDF)

April 17, 2008
Q&A: The Evidence for Belief: An Interview with Francis Collins

Dec. 18, 2007
Report: Science in America: Religious Belief and Public Attitudes

Aug. 27, 2007
Report: How the Public Resolves Conflicts Between Faith and Science

News

Jan. 26, 2009
Evolution war still rages 200 years after Darwin's birth
McClatchy Newspapers

Jan. 26, 2009
Analysis: Science-religion debate will continue
The Associated Press

Jan. 19, 2009
Scientific climate is changing as Obama takes office
USA Today

Other Websites

Darwin and Religion
The Darwin Correspondence Project

The Center for Science and Culture
The Discovery Institute

The National Center for Science Education
ncseweb.org

Science and Religion
The Templeton Foundation

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