[asa] Fwd: CONFERENCE: Evolution and Religion: Towards a History of an Evolving Relationship, 13-15 Feb 2009

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Subject: Conference Announcement
From: "Dawn Digrius" <DDIGRIU@exchange.clemson.edu>
Date: Sun, November 16, 2008 1:44 am
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Conference:
February 13-15, 2009
"Evolution and Religion: Towards a History of an Evolving Relationship"
Clemson University

Co-Organizers: Dawn M. Digrius, Clemson University; Richard England,
Salisbury University
Contact Information: ddigriu@clemson.edu; http://people.clemson.edu/~ddigriu

Historians have long charted the relationship between evolution and
religion, designating its interactions as conflict or cooperation, casting
the religious reading of evolutionary theory in terms of reaction and
response. Recent studies have introduced different ways of thinking about
this area of historical study: the spatial turn in history has shown the
power of local circumstances to determine the way the meanings of
evolution are interpreted and appropriated: studies informed by book
history have shown the significance of the means in which statements on
science and religion were produced and read: and the way in which the
popular understandings of evolution and faith shaped each other is
emphasized in recent histories which emphasize "appropriation" rather than
"reaction."

This conference will contribute to the growing understanding of the
diverse relations of evolutionary and religious thinking in America and
beyond, add to the historiographical richness of our understanding of
science and religion, and map the localities and trends of a dynamic
field. Confirmed speakers include Edward Larson (University of Georgia),
Jerry Waldvogel (Clemson University) and Joe Cain (University College,
London).

Registration Begins November 30, 2008. Please see
http://people.clemson.edu/~ddigriu for link to registration website.

Dawn M. Digrius, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Science and Technology in Society
Adjunct Lecturer, Department of History
Clemson University
305 Strode
864-656-2299
ddigriu@clemson.edu

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