ZYGO Zygon® 0591-2385 1467-9744 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2009.01038.x ON EVOLUTION AND CREATION: PROBLEM SOLVED? THE POLISH EXAMPLE Tomczyk Jacek Bugajak Grzegorz 02 12 2009 44 4 10.1111/zygo.2009.44.issue-4 859 878 © 2009 by the Joint Publication Board of Zygon

We present the results of research carried out as a part of the project Current Controversies about Human Origins: Between Anthropology and the Bible, which focused on the supposed conflict between natural sciences and some branches of the humanities, notably philosophy and theology, with regard to human origins. One way to tackle the issue was to distribute a questionnaire among students and teachers of the relevant disciplines. Teachers of religion and the natural sciences (biology, chemistry, and physics) and students of theology, philosophy, and the natural sciences (specializing in biology and/or anthropology) were asked to answer eleven questions concerning the perception of the conflict between evolutionism and creationism, the definitions of creation and evolution, the existence of a human spiritual element, and the ways of interpreting the Bible, especially the first chapters of the book of Genesis. We present selected results of this questionnaire.

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