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Ghettoes of superstition

From the Rutgers Journal of Law and Religion, Stephen Newman (NYLS): Evolution and the Holy Ghost of Scopes: Can Science Lose the Next Round? Ian Hacking reviews Living with Darwin by Philip Kitcher; In the Beginning: Fundamentalism, the Scopes Trial, and the Making of the Antievolution Movement by Michael Lienesch; The Edge of Evolution by Michael Behe; and The Creationists: From Scientific Creationism to Intelligent Design by Ronald L. Numbers. The fight over separate schools predates the country itself. Religion, it turns out, is Canada's oldest and deepest fault line. Ghettoes of superstition: Far from aiding social cohesion, faith schools only cause further divisions. Religious worship must be relegated to the private sphere and kept there. Secrets and lies: Survivors of child abuse at religious schools are finally making their case. Homeschooling has undergone an extreme makeover. From maverick to mainstream, the movement has acquired a glamorous, populist sheen.