Week 07: Catholics

Michelangelo's Pieta in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican

Mo 10.3
Read: eR—“The Evolution of Creationism” (Salon), “The Texas-Size Debate over Teaching Evolution” (Newsweek), “Defending Intelligent Design” (NOVA)
Class: Reading discussion; Lecture—“The Fundamentals of Rhetoric;” Assignment—Persuasive essay

We 10.5
Read: eR—“Board vs. Teachers” (NOVA), “Evangelicals Question the Existence of Adam and Eve” (NPR), “Evolution vs. Creationism: Study Reveals Public School Science Lagging” (Huffington Post)
Class: Carrielynn Haedtler, Church of Christ Scientists

UPCOMING:

Week 8
Mo 10.10
Read: eR—Interview with Dave Silverman from The O’Reilly Factor (FoxNews), “Fox News Facebook Page Gets 8,000 Death Threats” (All Facebook), “Reading the Bible (or the Koran, or the Torah) Will Make You an Atheist” (BigThink), “Culture War Update—The Dividening of America—American Atheists vs. Ground Zero Cross” from The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
Class: Watch—“Lisa the Skeptic” from The Simpsons (FOX)

We 10.12
Read: eR—“Coming Out of the (Atheist) Closet” (The Harvard Crimson), “Atheism Billboard Greets O.C. Drivers (Los Angeles Times), “In US, Atheists Know Religion Better than Believers. Is that Bad?” (The Christian Science Monitor); Scene from Bill Maher: But I’m Not Wrong (HBO)
Class: Reading discussion; Presentations; Assignment—Synthesis essay
Due: PERSUASUVE ESSAY; REFLECTION 4