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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

• Darwinism, Economic Liberty, and Limited Government

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
  
  
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• Darwin's Conservatives: The Misguided Quest
  
  Discovery Institute Press, 2006
  ISBN #0979014107
  
  
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• The Encyclopedia of Religion in American Politics
  Jeffrey D. Schultz, John G. West, and Iain Maclean
  Greenwood, 1999
  ISBN #1573561304
  
  
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• The Magician's Twin: C.S. Lewis on Science, Scientism, and Society
  
  Discovery Institute Press, 2012
  ISBN #1936599058
  
  
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• The Politics of Revelation and Reason: Religion and Civic Life in the New Nation
  
  University Press Of Kansas, 1996
  ISBN #0700611169
  
  
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