Peter M. J. Hess, Ph.D.

Peter M. J. Hess, Ph.D.

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Peter M. J. Hess serves as Director of Outreach to Religious Communities with the National Center for Science Education (NCSE) in Oakland, California, to promote understanding of the interface between science (particularly evolution and climate climate) and religious belief. With an M.A. from Oxford University and a Ph.D. from the Graduate Theological Union (Berkeley), he co-authored "Catholicism and Science" with Paul Allen (Greenwood Press, 2008), and is a fellow of the International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR). He teaches courses in environmental ethics and science and religion at various universities in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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The Titanic, Climate Change and Avoidable Tragedies

(33) Comments | Posted May 21, 2012 | 12:02 PM

One of the most legendary maritime disasters was the 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic. In a pivotal scene in James Cameron's 1997 film, master shipbuilder Thomas Andrews looks around the magnificent foyer of the grand staircase, swarming with frantic passengers. Rose Bukater asks how serious the situation is. Says...

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Creationism and Monkey Business in Tennessee

(434) Comments | Posted April 18, 2012 | 12:23 PM

I'm no kin to the monkey, no no no
The monkey's no kin to me, yeah yeah yeah
I don't know much about his ancestors
But mine didn't swing from a tree.

That's the first verse of a famous creationist ditty, "I'm No Kin to the Monkey,"...

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Rapture Interruptus: Bursting the Bubble of Apocalyptic Expectation

(429) Comments | Posted June 29, 2011 | 3:02 PM

The "day of rapture" predicted by Harold Camping for May 21 was greeted with fanfare and jollity by the unsaved, but it came and went without much incident. Fundamentalists shivered in anticipation, earthquakes struck in various parts of the world, and piles of unoccupied clothing mysteriously appeared here and there....

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