BYU ScholarsArchive

Title

Is God a Magician or Scientist?

Authors

Sarah Palmer, Brigham Young University - ProvoFollow
Josh Oliver, Brigham Young University - Provo
Jessica Abele, Brigham Young University - Provo
Jamie Jensen Ph.D, BrighamFollow

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Keywords

God, Evolution, Biology Education

Abstract

There is a body of evidence in biology education indicating that most American undergraduate students believe evolution acceptance to be an aesthetic position (1). Introductory biology professors at Brigham Young University have gathered essays written by students entering the class on their experiences with evolution since about 1980. Because BYU is a religious college, most of these students wrote about how their understanding of God impacts their acceptance of evolution. To learn whether student perceptions of God have changed in the past 30 years, we qualitatively analyzed these essays from a cohort of students in 1992 and another cohort of students in 2018.

BYU ScholarsArchive Citation

Palmer, Sarah; Oliver, Josh; Abele, Jessica; and Jensen, Jamie Ph.D, "Is God a Magician or Scientist?" (2023). Library/Life Sciences Undergraduate Poster Competition 2023. 31.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/library_studentposters_2023/31

Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

2023-03-02

Language

English

College

Life Sciences

Department

Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Science

University Standing at Time of Publication

Senior

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