EPS Web Author Profiles
John G. West, PhD
Vice President, Discovery Institute
John G. West is Vice President of Discovery Institute and Associate Director of the Institute's Center for Science and Culture. He has written or edited 12 books, including Darwin Day in America, The Politics of Revelation and Reason, and, most recently, The Magician's Twin: C.S. Lewis on Science, Scientism, and Society. He was previously an Associate Professor of Political Science at Seattle Pacific University, where he chaired the Department of Political Science and Geography. He holds a Ph.D. in Government from Claremont Graduate University. He has been interviewed by such publications as Time, Newsweek, USA Today, and The New York Times, and he has appeared on CNN, FoxNews, and C-SPAN.
Areas of Specialization
impact of Darwinian theory on public policy and culture; role of religion in American politics; American political theory; constitutional law.
Articles on the EPS Site
Books by John G. West
Darwin Day In America: How Our Politics and Culture Have Been Dehumanized in the Name of Scienc
Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2007
ISBN #1933859326
Darwin's Conservatives: The Misguided Quest
Discovery Institute Press, 2006
ISBN #0979014107
The Encyclopedia of Religion in American Politics
Jeffrey D. Schultz, John G. West, and Iain Maclean
Greenwood, 1999
ISBN #1573561304
The Magician's Twin: C.S. Lewis on Science, Scientism, and Society
Discovery Institute Press, 2012
ISBN #1936599058
The Politics of Revelation and Reason: Religion and Civic Life in the New Nation
University Press Of Kansas, 1996
ISBN #0700611169
