In “Political Theory and the Teaching of Creationism,” Francis Schrag offers a solution to the argument of teaching creationism verses evolution in public schools. The author’s central argument is to challenge those who wish to find a basis in contemporary democratic and liberal theory from which to refuse creationism in the curriculum of public schools (Schrag, 2001). In this essay I first plan to provide an analysis of Schrag’s essay. The skeleton of his argument is as follows:

1. Challenge to Democratic theory against creationism.

2. Challenge to Liberal theory against creationism.

Secondly, in this essay I plan to critique of Schrag’s first argument his challenge to Democratic theory tracing it to her cited source Democratic Education written by Amy Gutmann.

In Schrag’s first argument, he argues against Amy Gutmann’s democratic argument against teaching creationism in public schools. Gutmann (1987) states that teaching creationism as science imposes a sectarian religious view on all children in the guise of science, but teaching Darwinism alone does not constitute the imposition of a sectarian secular

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