Dennis Venema is an associate professor of biology at Trinity Western University in Langley, British Columbia, and an “evolutionary creationist.” He is also a senior fellow at the BioLogos Foundation, which aims to foster dialogue about the interface of science and faith.

The Rev. Michael Dowd is a minister in the evangelical/Pentecostal tradition who calls himself an “evolutionary creationist” preaching a “gospel of evolution.” Dowd says evolution can be reconciled with orthodox Christianity. He is an author and lecturer, and his 2009 book, Thank God for Evolution: How the Marriage of Science and Religion Will Transform Your Life and Our World, […]

The Society for the Study of Evolution promotes the study of organic evolution.

The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is an online community of pro-evolutionists who scorn the intelligent design camp’s idea of a designer by ascribing the designer the personality of a giant ball of pasta. Adherents are known as “Pastafarians.” Bobby Henderson runs the site.

CreationWiki is an online community-written encyclopedia about creation research.

The Creation Research Society is an Arizona-based organization of scientists and laypeople committed to what it calls “scientific special creation.” Board members are listed on the website.

The Creation Museum in Petersburg, Ky., is a 70,000-square-foot exhibition that promotes a literal view of the Bible and the creation story through lifelike displays that include depictions of human beings living alongside dinosaurs. The museum’s developers announced plans in December 2010 to build the Ark Encounter, a $150 million biblical theme park re-creating the story of Noah’s Ark as […]

A Scientific Dissent From Darwinism is a website where scientists can sign a document stating that they question the claims of Darwinism and call for further inquiry into it and other theories. The list includes scientists from the U.S. National Academy of Sciences; the Russian, Hungarian and Czech national academies; and universities such as Yale, Princeton, Stanford, the […]

See “An Evolving Debate about Evolution,” resources from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. The Pew package includes background on the evolution controversy and how that has played out in legislation and policies in various states. Pew also has a graphic showing how members of different faiths view evolutionary theory.