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paleonet Re: GSA Geoscience and Religion sessions




Three GSA sessions that contain presentations on the Geosciences and
Religion that may be of interest to Paleonetters are coming up at the
meeting next week in Seattle.  All should expand on some of the topics
presented at the successful Paleo Society short course on Creation and
Evolution convened at GSA a few years ago.

Session No. 4.(last 3 presenters especially):
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Sunday, Washington State Convention and Trade Center: 2A
     Geoscience Education I: Issues in K?12 Science Education, Religion,
and Outreach to the Public
     Alexander Glass and Becca A. Walker, Presiding

11:00 AM  WHY CREATIONISM? AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE CONSTRUCTION AND CULTURE
OF PSEUDOSCIENTIFIC THEISM: GLASS, Alexander

11:15 AM  FOSTERING OPEN COMMUNICATION WITH THE RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY BY
AVOIDING SCIENTIFIC DOGMA: GRAYMER, Russell W.

11:30 AM  SUCCESSFUL STRATEGIES FOR ACCOMMODATING THE FUNDAMENTALIST
MINORITY IN GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION: STONE, George

Session No. 63--Booth# 81
Geoscience Education (Posters) I
Washington State Convention and Trade Center: Hall 4-F
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Monday, November 3, 2003
(65005) [poster] COSMOLOGIES: COMBINING SCIENCE AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES TO
ENHANCE STUDENTS' UNDERSTANDING OF TIME AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE
PHYSICAL UNIVERSE AND ITS INHABITANTS. D. D. Rhodes, G. E. Yocum

Session 249
T39. History and Future of the Relationship Between the Geosciences and
Religion: Litigation, Education, Reconciliation? from 1:30-5:30 pm on
Wednesday, Nov. 5, WSCTC  2A.

1:30 PM        (Abstract ID#63419)
IN THE BEGINNING: RELIGION AND GEOLOGY IN THE ERA OF NICOLAUS STENO
CUTLER, Alan H., Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, DC 20560, ahcutler@aol.com.

1:45 PM        (Abstract ID#66929)
STASIS AND EVOLUTION IN GRASSROOTS CREATIONISM
SCOTT, Eugenie C., National Ctr for Sci Education, 420 40th Street, Ste. 2,
Oakland, CA 94609-2509, scott@ncseweb.org.

2:05 PM        (Abstract ID#57257)
COUNTERING PUBLIC MISPERCEPTIONS OF THE HISTORICAL SCIENCES
MILLER, Keith B., Department of Geology, Kansas State Univ, 108 Thompson
Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-3201,
kbmill@ksu.edu.

2:25 PM        (Abstract ID#58668)
INTELLIGENT DESIGN AND YOUNG-EARTH CREATIONISM?INVESTIGATING NESTED
HIERARCHIES OF
PHILOSOPHY AND BELIEF
ROSS, Marcus R., Geoscience, URI, 317 Woodward Hall, 9 East Alumni Ave,
Kingston, RI 02881-2019,
mros1106@postoffice.uri.edu.

2:40 PM        (Abstract ID#67814)
THE GENESIS FLOOD IN PRE-DARWINIAN AMERICAN GEOLOGY : THE CASE OF EDWARD
HITCHCOCK
STILING, Rodney L., History, Seattle Pacific Univ, 414 Alexander Hall, 3307
Third Avenue West, Seattle, WA 98119,
rstiling@spu.edu.

2:55 PM        (Abstract ID#64508)
RELIGIOUS ATTITUDES, THE WILDERNESS ADVENTURE, AND THE STUDY OF EARTH
HISTORY: REFLECTIONS
FROM THE COLORADO RIVER EXPEDITION OF 1871-1872
BIELER, David B., Department of Geology, Centenary College of Louisiana,
Shreveport, LA 71134, dbieler@centenary.edu.

3:10 PM
Break

3:25 PM        (Abstract ID#61513)
STRATA OR TABULAE? GEORGE MCCREADY PRICE'S CRITIQUE OF BIOSTRATIGRAPHY
STEARLEY, Ralph, Geology, Geography and Environmental Studies, Calvin
College, Grand Rapids, MI 49546,
rstearle@calvin.edu.

3:40 PM        (Abstract ID#62415)
GEOLOGY EDUCATION AT EVANGELICAL WHEATON COLLEGE: HISTORY AND APPROACHES
MOSHIER, Stephen O.1, GREENBERG, Jeffrey K.1, and MAAS, David E.2, (1)
Geology Department, Wheaton College,
Wheaton, IL 60187, stephen.o.moshier@wheaton.edu, (2) History Department,
Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL 60187

4:00 PM        (Abstract ID#66134)
SAINTS, POPES, AND JESUITS: AN OVERVIEW OF THE INTERACTION OF THE CATHOLIC
CHURCH WITH THE
GEOSCIENCES
BRATTON, John F., North Falmouth, MA 02556

4:15 PM        (Abstract ID#66818)
THE EVOLUTION OF CREATIONIST PERSPECTIVE ON THE FOSSIL EQUID SERIES
WISE, Kurt P., Bryan College, Box 7802, Dayton, TN 37321-7000,
wise@bryancore.org, WOOD, Todd C., Bryan College, Box
7604, Dayton, TN 37321-7000, and CAVANAUGH, David P., 27329 Alberta Drive,
Harvest, AL 35749

4:30 PM        (Abstract ID#62323)
THE AUTHORITY OF SCIENCE IN THEOLOGICAL REASONING: WITH CASE STUDY
WAHL, Eugene R, Advanced Studies Program and Environmental and Societal
Impacts Group, National Ctr for Atmospheric
Rsch, 3450 Mitchell Lane, Boulder, CO 80301, wahl@ucar.edu.

4:45 PM        (Abstract ID#57878)
HOW TO NOT GET QUOTED BY ANTIEVOLUTIONISTS
CAMPBELL, David C., Biological Sciences, Biodiversity and Systematics, Univ
of Alabama, Box 870345, Tuscaloosa, AL
35487-0345, bivalve@mail.davidson.alumlink.com.

5:00 PM        (Abstract ID#62793)
USING THE CONCEPT OF APPARENT AGE TO INVITE CREATIONISTS ON BOARD THE
GEOLOGICAL BANDWAGON
WAGNER, John R., Geological Sciences, Clemson Univ, School of the
Environment, 340 Brackett Hall, Clemson, SC
29634-0919, jrwgnr@clemson.edu.

5:15 PM        (Abstract ID#59420)
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RELIGION AND SCIENCE: MOVING FROM ANTAGONISM TO
MUTUAL RESPECT
DAVIDSON, Gregg R., Geology & Geological Engineering, Univ of Mississippi,
Carrier 118, University, MS 38677,
davidson@olemiss.edu.

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John F. Bratton, Ph.D.
Coastal and Marine Geology Program
U.S. Geological Survey
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole, MA 02543

Phone:  508-457-2254
Fax:  508-457-2310
email:  jbratton@usgs.gov
http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/
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