Constructing creationists: French and British narratives and policies in the wake of the resurgence of anti-evolution movements

Free Exercise of Religion and Science Policy: A New Look on Creationism in Europe

“…Can citizens refuse to accept state-sanctioned science? The ultimate question is how to organize the societies inhabited by a diversity of "epistemic communities" sharing very often incommensurable worldviews, not necessarily being motivated by religion (for the problem of non-religious creationists [9,10]. Whether there exists a universal epistemic standard for knowledge production may be a question for philosophers, however it is up to political scientists, lawyers and policymakers to suggest organizational measures which will allow the ethical governance of profoundly fragmented modern societies, where people living next to each other might possess completely different conceptions of the world consciously rejecting mainstream science or governmental expertise.…”