by David E. Henderson, Professor of Chemistry at Trinity College, Hartford

The central problem for public secularism has been identifed by Cobern as a philosophically naked public square. In this chapter, I shall pursue this theme further in three areas. These are, frstly, the problem of philosophical secularism; secondly, how the science courses I have been developing with the support of the Institute for the Study of Secularism in Society and Culture (ISSSC) meet Cobern’s four rules for implementing methodological secularism in the classroom; and, fnally, how we can advance this debate.

Implementing Methodological Secularism: The Teaching and Practice of Science in Contentious Times