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Karl W. Giberson holds a Ph.D. in physics from Rice University and teaches writing, science, and religion at Stonehill College. He is the author and coauthor of numerous books, including Saving Darwin: How to Be a Christian and Believe in Evolution and The Anointed: Evangelical Truth in a Secular Age, and lectures widely on science and religion.

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Creationists Take Down a Top Professor

Holy Wars

Bethel College in Indiana is just the latest battlefield between evangelicals and evolution. Unfortunately, it won’t be the last.

Karl W. Giberson | Published Jul 19, 2015

Conservative Witch Hunt Claims a Scalp

Retrograde

The intellectual crisis deepens in the Church of the Nazarene as another scholar is forced out of one of its universities.

Karl W. Giberson | Published Jun 29, 2015

The Fundamentalist Witch Hunt’s New Prey

CHURCH OF NAZARENE

A beloved professor forced from a Nazarene university this month is the latest casualty in a war that’s being waged against thinking evangelical Christians.

Karl W. Giberson | Published Apr 21, 2015

2014: Revenge of the Creationists

WACKO

From Ann Coulter on Ebola to evangelicals on climate change, 2014 was full of award-worthy science denialism.

Karl W. Giberson | Published Dec 27, 2014

Fired for Not Believing in Adam and Eve

Evolution Wars

The Midwest evangelical denomination declined to study its position on evolution and human origins because professors at its affiliated colleges are supposedly already producing rigorous scholarship on those issues. But in fact, the CRC allows them to be harassed, muzzled, and fired when conservatives don’t like their discoveries.

Karl W. Giberson | Published Jun 29, 2014

America's Dumb Evolution Divide

Survey Says

Despite the existence of nuanced religious positions on evolution, polls show Americans—including many former believers—have come to believe there’s an unbridgeable gulf between faith and science.

Karl W. Giberson | Published Jun 22, 2014

Creationist Tall Tales on Human Tails

Human tails are a genetic accident—and a big problem for the faux-scientific creationism known as ‘intelligent design.’ But that won’t stop their wild tales.

Karl W. Giberson | Published Jun 01, 2014

Why You Can’t Debate Creationists

Science Wars

Advocates of the pseudo-scientific, secularized version of creationism love debates, because they give the appearance of two equal sides. Here’s what it’s like to participate in one.

Karl W. Giberson | Published Apr 21, 2014

Creationists vs. Galileo

The Nutters

A controversial new documentary that argues the earth is the center of the universe is the logical result of reading the Bible as a scientific document—and proves that most evangelical creationists aren’t nearly as consistent as they think.

Karl W. Giberson | Published Apr 10, 2014

Creationists Hate This Catholic

Faith and Science

Kenneth Miller wrote the biology textbook often targeted by creationists who want to toss it from public schools. Oh, and now he’s won one of the Catholic Church’s top prizes.

Karl W. Giberson | Published Apr 06, 2014

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