His articles and essays appear in a diversity of journals including Science, Nature, College Teaching, Cell Biology Education, and The American Journal of Bioethics. Eisen published an alternative introductory biology textbook, The Living Staircase (Kendall/Hunt, 1998) and is co-editor with Gary Laderman of Science, Religion, and Society: History, Cultures, and Controversies (M. E. Sharpe, 2007). His Science in Your Life radio spots, which aired on the NPR affiliate WABE in Atlanta can be found here. Read More

via www.religiondispatches.org

And yet, according to Sam Harris, Collin's faith disqualifies him from heading up the National Institutes of Health.

For Harris, theism is not only a world view with which he disagrees, it is evil and antithetical to science.

In this article, Arri Eisen argues that Collins is the perfect person to head the institutes.

"Does a belief that science and religion can co-exist in harmony disqualify Francis Collins from leading the NIH? Decisively not."

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