Jewish Tradition and the Challenge of Darwinism

This grant supported a conference and the publication of a book entitled Jewish Tradition and the Challenge of Darwinism, which explored how Jews have engaged and continue to engage the theory of evolution.

Grant Amount:

$12,850

Start Date:

October 2003

End Date:

December 2006

Grant ID:

10871

Garland Allen
Department of Biology
Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, Missouri)

Leora Batinitzky
Department of Religion
Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey)

Simon Baumberg
Department of Biology
University of Leeds (Leeds, United Kingdom)

Kalman Bland
Department of Religion
Duke University (Durham, North Carolina)

John Hedley Brooke
Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion
University of Oxford (Oxford, United Kingdom)

Shai Cherry
Department of Religious Studies
Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee)

Raphael Falk
Department of Genetics
Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Jerusalem, Israel)

Carl Feit
Dr. Joseph and Rachel Ades Chair in Health Sciences
Yeshiva University (New York, New York)

Joel Gereboff
Department of Religious Studies
Arizona State University (Phoenix, Arizona)

David Kohn
Oxnam Professor of Science and Society
Drew University (Madison, New Jersey)

John M. Lynch
Department of Biology
Arizona State University (Phoenix, Arizona)

Manfred Laubicher
Center for Biology of Society
Arizona State University (Phoenix, Arizona)

Jane Maienschein
Center for Biology of Society
Arizona State University (Phoenix, Arizona)

Ronald L. Numbers
Department of Medical History and Bioethics
University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, Wisconsin)

Ira Robinson
Department of Religion
Concordia University (Montreal, Canada)

Contributors:

Michael Ruse
Department of Philosophy
Florida State University (Tallahassee, Florida)

Rena Selya
Department of the History of Science
Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts)

Norbert Samuelson
Department of Jewish Studies
Arizona State University (Phoenix, Arizona)

Marc Swetlitz
Learning Manager
Deloitte and Touche, LLP. (New York, New York)

Hava Tirosh-Samuelson
Department of History
Arizona State University (Phoenix, Arizona)

Lawrence Troster
Congregation Beth Israel (Bergenfield, New Jersey)

Christian Wiese
Department of Jewish Studies
University of Erfurt (Erfurt, Germany)

Paul Weindling
Wellcome Trust Research Professor
Oxford University (Oxford, United Kingdom)

Richard Weikart
Department of History
California State University-Stanislaus (Stanislaus, California)