The Implications of the Cognitive Sciences for the Relation Between Religion and Science Education: The Case of Evolutionary Theory KU Leuven Ghent University
This paper discusses the relationship between religion and science education in the light of the cognitive sciences. We challenge the popular view that science and religion are compatible, a view that suggests that learning and understanding evolutionary theory has no effect on students' religious beliefs and vice versa. We develop a cognitive perspective on how students manage to reconcile evolutionary theory with their religious beliefs. We ...