SJU Reads - Science and Religion

Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee

and

The Beak of the Finch by Jonathan Weiner

Saint Joseph’s University Reads is a program designed to engage the entire campus community in a common reading experience with the theme of the Ignatian value of social justice. Additionally, it includes a wide variety of interdisciplinary programming to explore and illuminate topics addressed in the common reading. Faculty and staff are offered copies of the book and asked to consider its incorporation into classes or programs. Free copies of the book are made available to classes that study the book, and multiple copies are available in the library. Related programming includes: sessions on teaching the book; book discussions; keynote speakers; issue panels and debates; dramatic readings, films series and displays. Saint Joseph’s University Reads is a collaborative effort of the College of Arts and Sciences, the Faith Justice Institute, Drexel Library, the Ignatian Identity Committee and the Department of Training and Development.   Schedule of Events Film Series     Inherit the Wind: Academic Orientation Page A Reader's Guide to Background Information on the Books   Schedule of Events   Tuesday, September 19 11:30 a.m.– 1:00 p.m. Science Center Rm 200 Evolution from Darwin’s Perspective Faculty Panel including Philosopher Todd Moody, Biologist Scott McRoberts, Chemist Usha Rao, and Physicist Dick Houston. Moderated by Biologist, Mike McCann. Thursday, September 28 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Wolfington Teletorium Intelligent Design on Trial: the Dover Experience Steve Harvey, attorney for the plaintiffs in Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District (2005) Tuesday, October 31 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Wolfington Teletorium Evolution and Theology Theologian John F. Haught, Georgetown University and Chemist Charles Currie, S.J., President of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. (AJCU) Thursday, November 16 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Barbelin Rm 265 Dramatic reading of play about the Scopes Trial Student performers directed by Laura Pattillo (English) Thursday, November 30 11:30 a.m. - 1:00p.m. Campion Theatre The 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial in History and Memory featuring Alex Pavuk, Department of History Tuesday, December 5 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Science Center Rm 200 Evolution in Action: The View of Darwin's Islands Jonathan Weiner, author of The Beak of the Finch Tuesday, January 30     11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Presidents Lounge in Campion Hall Understanding Teilhard de Chardin Sister Carol Jean Vale, President of Chestnut Hill College, and Father Thomas King, Theologian, Georgetown University Thursday, April 19 7:30 p.m. Wolfington Teletorium Searching for God in the Universe: A Scientist's Quest in Today's America George V.Coyne S.J., Director of the Vatican Observatory (part of the Catholic Intellectual Series, The Office of Mission Saint Joseph's University ) Film Series All screenings will be in the Campion Forum, on Wednesday evenings at 7:00 pm, with pre-show introductions by faculty members. September 13 Inherit the Wind Adapted from Lawrence and Lee's play and directed by Stanley Kramer, this 1960 feature film stars Spencer Tracy, Frederic March and Gene Kelly in a dramatic (though heavily fictionalized) retelling of the celebrated Scopes trial of 1925. October 4 Monkey Trial This award-winning documentary recounts the real Scopes case, complete with excerpts from testimony, expert analyses, eyewitness accounts and even clips from popular songs inspired by the "trial of the century." October 25 Evolution: What About God The final episode of a controversial PBS series on evolution, this documentary examines the struggles and connections between faith and science, largely through personal accounts from students and educators. November 15 Contact Based on a novel by Carl Sagan, this feature by Robert Zemeckis (director of Forest Gump) explores the conflict between science and faith as an astronomer (Jodie Foster) seeking evidence of extraterrestrial life finds something much more complex.   A Reader's Guide to Background Information on the Books   Inherit the Wind Beak of the Finch Galapagos Islands The Scopes Trial Charles Darwin and His Work Science and Religion           Inherit the Wind Library Catalog Articles Websites Library Catalog - Click the links below to view materials available in the Drexel Library's collections. Title Inherit the Wind - video recording Inherit the Wind Articles - Access full text articles from the Drexel Library's e-Resources. Benen, Steve.  Inherit the Myth?. Church & State 53.7 (July/Aug. 2000): 15. Benen, Steve. Inherit the Wind Monkeys with the Scopes Trial on Teaching Evolution. Education Digest 66.2 (Oct. 2000): 60. Duffy, Susan. The Origin of Speeches: Inherit the Wind, Irving Stone and the Scopes Trial. American Notes and Queries 22.1-2 (Sept./Oct. 1983): 14. Iannone, Carol. The Truth About Inherit the Wind.  First Things 70 (F 1997): 28. Jerome Lawrence "Jerome Lawrence," in Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 228: Twentieth-Century American Dramatists, Second Series. A Bruccoli Clark Layman Book. Edited by Christopher J. Wheatley, The Catholic University of America. Gale Group, 2000, pp. 161-170. (Located in the Literature Resource Center.) "Jerome Lawrence," in Contemporary Authors. (A profile of the author's life and works) (Located in the Literature Resource Center.) This database link will not currently work from off-campus. Robert E. Lee  "Robert E. Lee," in Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 228: Twentieth-Century American Dramatists, Second Series. A Bruccoli Clark Layman Book. Edited by Christopher J. Wheatley, The Catholic University of America. The Gale Group, 2000, pp. 161-170. This database link will not currently work from off-campus. Websites - Any information from the Internet should be verified by using at least one other source.   Inherit the Wind (1960) - Information about the film based on the play from IMDb. Inherit the Wind (1960) - Audio of a speech from the 1960 movie found on American Rhetoric. Inherit the Wind - Lyndsey McCabe's project from the American Studies Program at the University of Virginia. Authors Jerome Lawrence - Information on theatre productions from the IBDB Internet Broadway Database . Robert E. Lee - Information on theatre productions from the IBDB Internet Broadway Database. The Scopes Trial (1925)   Library Catalog Journal Articles Websites Library Catalog - Click the links below to view materials available in the Drexel Library's collections. Subject Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925. Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938. Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956. Scopes, John Thomas. Scopes, John Thomas -- Trials, litigation, etc. . Author Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925 Darrow, Clarence 1857-1938 Mencken, H.L.   Journal Articles - Access full text articles from the Drexel Library's e-Resources. Clark, Constance Areson. Evolution for John Doe: Pictures, the Public, and the Scopes Trial Debate.  Journal of American History 87.4 (March 2000): 1275. Goetz, David, THE MONKEY TRIAL. Christian History 16.3 (Aug. 1,1997): 10. Grabiner, Judith V. and Peter D. Miller. Effects of the Scopes Trial. Science, New Series 185.4154 (Sept. 6, 1974): 832. Harrison, S.L. The Scopes `Monkey Trial' Revisited: Mencken and the Editorial Art of Edmund Duffy.   Journal of American Culture 17.4 (Winter 1994): 55. Hostetler, Michael J. William Jennings Bryan as Demosthenes: The Scopes Trial. Western Journal of Communication 62.2 (Spring 1998): 165. Marinucci, Kimberly. God, Darwin, And Loyalty in America: the University Of Tennessee and the Great Professor Trial of 1923. History of Intellectual Culture [Canada] 1.1 (2000). Wood, L. Maren. The Monkey Trial Myth: Popular Culture Representations of the Scopes Trial.   Canadian Review of American Studies 32.2 (2002): 147. Websites - Any information from the Internet should be verified by using at least one other source. 75 Years After the Scopes Trial Pitted Science Against Religion, the Debate Goes On - CNN looks back at the trial and its historical impact. Monkey Trial - From the American Experience series on PBS. Reunion: The Scope Monkey Trial - The final resting places of some of the famous participants in the trial from Find a Grave. State v. John Scopes - A short article on the trial from Jurist. Tennessee vs John Scopes: The Monkey Trial 1925 - Detailed review of the trial from Famous American Trials at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. The Scopes Monkey Trial, 80 Years Later - NPR chronicles the historical events leading to the 1925 trial and its aftermath through the present day. Timeline: Remembering the Scopes Monkey Trial The Scopes Monkey Trial - Court tv's website on the famous trial. "The Monkey Trial": A Reporter's Account - Henry Louis Menchen from Humanities Web. Unpublished Photographs from the 1925 Tennessee vs John Scopes "Monkey Trial" - Materials found in the Smithsonian Archives. (The background image for this website can be found here.) Biographical sketches and writings of some of the key participants in the trial. Clarence Darrow - Defense attorney for John Scopes Clarence Darrow - Biographical information from Famous Trials by Douglas O. Linder at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. Clarence Darrow - Biography from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Clarence Darrow - Writings and information on the Scopes Trial from Positive Atheism H.L. Mencken - Reporter for the Baltimore Sun H.L. Mencken - Biography from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Mencken Society - Organization dedicated to the life and work of Mencken. Coverage of the Scopes Trial - Articles by Mencken on the trial from Positive Atheism. John Scopes - Defendant John Scopes - Biography from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. William Jennings Bryan - Lead Prosecutor William Jennings Bryan - Biographical information from Famous Trials by Douglas O. Linder at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. William Jennings Bryan - Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress William Jennings Bryan - Information from the Arlington National Cemetery Website. This is not the official site of the cemetery. William Jennings Bryan - Biography from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Beak of the Finch Library Catalog Journal Articles Websites   Library Catalog - Click the links below to view materials available in the Drexel Library's collections.   Journal Articles - Access full text articles from the Drexel Library's e-Resources. *The Grants and their colleagues have written extensively on Darwin's Finches over many decades. The articles listed below are only a fraction of what is available through the Library's resources. Gibbs, H. Lisle and Peter R. Grant. Ecological Consequences of an Exceptionally Strong El Nino Event on Darwin's Finches. Ecology 68.6 (Dec. 1987): 1735. Grant B. Rosemary and Peter R. Grant. Cultural Inheritance of Song and Its Role in the Evolution of Darwin's Finches . Evolution 50.6 (Dec. 1996): 2471. Grant B. Rosemary and Peter R. Grant. Evolution of Darwin's Finches Caused by a Rare Climatic Event.  Proceedings: Biological Sciences 251.1331 (Feb. 22, 1993): 111. Grant, P.R. and B. Rosemary. Evolution of Character Displacement in Darwin's Finches. Science 31. (July 14, 2006): 224. (The latest work from the Grants available in the periodicals section of the Library.) Grant, Peter R. and B. Rosemary Grant.  The Founding of a New Population of Darwin's Finches. Evolution 49.2 (1995): 229. Grant Peter R. and B. Rosemary Grant. The Rarest of Darwin's Finches. Conservation Biology 11.1 (Feb. 1997): 119. Price, T. D. and P. R. Grant. The Evolution of Ontogeny in Darwin's Finches: A Quantitative Genetic Approach. The American Naturalist 125. 2 (Feb. 1985): 169. Websites - - Any information from the Internet should be verified by using at least one other source. The Beak of the Finch - Information on the book from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Peter Grant - His page from the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University. Rosemary Grant - Her page from the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University. Finch Beak Data - Information from Peter and Rosemary Grant presented in the PBS series Evolution   Galapagos Islands Maps and Websites Maps Websites Maps Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands - From Lonely Planet galapagos.com - A travel site. Interactive Map of the Galapagos Islands Map of the Galapagos Islands - From Galapagos Conservation Trust Websites - Any information from the Internet should be verified by using at least one other source. Destination: Galapagos Islands - Companion to the Scientific American Frontiers series on PBS. Galapagos Conservation Trust - A London based conservation organization. Galapagos Conservancy - This organization, formerly known as Charles Darwin Foundation, Inc., advocates for the lasting protection of the Galapagos Islands. Charles Darwin Research Station Galapagos Geology on the Web - This site is hosted by the Department of Geological Science at Cornell University . Galapagos - Islands.net - Provides some background information on the islands and photographs. Galapagos Islands - A World Heritage Site of the United Nations Scientific and Cultural Organization. Galapagos Islands - Information from the WIKIPEDIA, The free encyclopedia on the web. The galapagos Islands - Site of Dr. Robert H. Rothman a member of the Department Biological Sciences at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Charles Darwin and His Work - Read More About It Library Catalog Journal Articles Websites Library Catalog - Click the links below to view materials available in the Drexel Library's collections. Subject Beagle Expedition (1831-1836) Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 -- Influence. Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. On the origin of species. Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895.   Author Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895. Journal Articles - Access full text articles from the Drexel Library's e-Resources. Bauers, Sandy. The Intriguing Charles Darwin, the Man Behind the Theory. The Philadelphia Inquirer (Aug. 13, 2006).   Cerveny, Randall S.  Charles Darwin's Meteorological Observations aboard the H.M.S. Beagle. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 86.9 (Sept. 2005): 1295. Gould, Stephen Jay. Darwinism and the Expansion of Evolutionary Theory. Science, New Series 216. 4544. (April 23, 1982): 380. Hodge, M. J. S. Darwin's Argument in the Origin. Philosophy of Science 59. 3 (Sept. 1992): 461.   Levine, George. Darwin's Romance. Raritan, 25.2 (Fall 2005): 50. Quammen, David.  Mr. Darwin's Abominable Volume. Virginia Quarterly Review 82.2 (Spring 2006): 4-31. Sulloway, Frank J. The Evolution of Charles Darwin. Smithsonian 36.9 (Dec. 2005): 58. Websites - Any information from the Internet should be verified by using at least one other source. AboutCharlesDarwin.com - An self-described amateur scholar's site on the life and works of Darwin. Charles Darwin - Biographical information from the WIKIPEDIA, the free encyclopedia on the web. Charles Darwin - An introduction to Darwin and his works from the Victorian Web. Charles Darwin - A brief biography. The Complete Works of Charles Darwin Online - The site contains Darwin's complete publications and many of his handwritten manuscripts. Darwin - Companion website to the exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History. Darwin Correspondence Project - A project to organized to publish the definitive collection of Darwin's letters. Evolution - A journey into where we're from and where we're going. Companion to the PBS series The Home of Charles Darwin, Down House - Darwin's home is in the care of English Heritage. The Writings of Charles Darwin on the Web - Edited by Dr John van Wyhe of the University of Cambridge. Understanding Evolution - This is a is a non-commercial, education website, teaching the science and history of evolutionary biology. Voyage of the Beagle - An electronic text from Literature.org.   Science and Religion - Read More About It Library Catalog Journal Articles   Library Catalog - Click the links below to view materials available in the Drexel Library's collections. Subject Bible and Evolution. Creationism. Creationism -- Controversial literature. Creationism -- Philosophy. Evolution. Evolution -- Religious aspects. Evolution -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church -- History of doctrines -- 19th century. Evolution -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Evolution -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- Miscellanea. Evolution (Biology) Human beings -- Origin. Human Evolution. Life -- Origin. Natural Selection. Natural selection -- History. Journal Articles - Access full text articles from the Drexel Library's e-Resources. Alters, Brian J. and Craig E. Nelson. Perspective: Teaching Evolution in Higher Education. Evolution 56.10 (Oct. 2002): 1891. Bleckmann, Charles A. Evolution and Creationism in Science: 1880-2000. Bioscience 56.2 (Feb. 2006): 151. Caiazza, John. The Evolution Versus Religion Controversy: How Two Mystiques Devolved Into Politics.  Modern Age 47.2 (Spring 2005): 104. Galleni, Ludovico and and Francesco Scalfari. Teilhard de Chardin's Engagement with the Relationship between Science and Theology in Light of Discussions about Environmental Ethics. Ecotheology: Journal of Religion, Nature & the Environment 10.2 (Aug 2005): 196. Haught, John F. The Darwinian Universe. Commonweal 129.2 (Jan 25, 2002): 12. King, Thomas M. Teilhard and the Environment.  Ecotheology: Journal of Religion, Nature & the Environment 10.1(April 2005): 88. Moore, Randy, MurrayJensen and Jay Hatch. Twenty Questions: What Have the Courts Said about the Teaching of Evolution and Creationism in Public Schools?   Bioscience 53.8 (Aug. 2003): 766. Moran, Jeffrey P. The Scopes Trial and Southern Fundamentalism in Black and White: Race, Region, and Religion.   Journal of Southern History 70.1 (Feb. 2004): 95. Morris, Simon Conway. The Boyle Lecture 2005: Darwin's Compass: How Evolution Discovers the Song of Creation.   Science & Christian Belief 18.1 ( April 2004): 5. Northcott, Michael S. Navigating the Deep Structure of Biological Hyperspace: Divine Providence in an Otherwise Lonely Universe.   Science & Christian Belief 18.1 (April 2006): 35. Segady, Thomas W. Traditional Religion, Fundamentalism, and Institutional Transition in the 20th Century.  Social Science Journal 43.2 (April 2006): 197. Ruse, Michael.  Can a Darwinian Be a Christian? Sociobiological Issues. Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science 35. 2 (June 2000): 299. Ruse, Michael.  Flawed Intelligence, Flawed Design. The Virginia Quarterly Review 82.2 (Spring 2006): 54.

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