1st Edition
The Cultures of Creationism Anti-Evolutionism in English-Speaking Countries
By Leslie Carlin
Copyright 2004
211 Pages
by
Routledge
211 Pages
by
Routledge
211 Pages
by
Routledge
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Even in a world where secular scientific discoveries and assumptions have come to dominate the lives of so many people, science cannot be said to have rendered religion obsolete. Since the nineteenth century, one particular debate has been of central importance in apparent conflicts between science and religion: that of evolutionist versus creationist views on human origins. This book presents... Read more
Contents: Preface, Christopher Toumey; Introduction: The cultures of creationism: shifting boundaries of belief, knowledge and nationhood, Simon Coleman and Leslie Carlin; The context of creationism in Darwin's England, David Knight; Creationist discourse and the management of political-legal argumentation: comparing Britain and the USA, Simon Locke; Creationism, American-style: ideology, tactics and rhetoric in a social movement, Francis Harrold, Raymond Eve and John Taylor; Creationism in Canada, John Barker; Creationists and their critics in Australia: an autonomous culture or 'the USA with kangaroos'?, Ronald L. Numbers; Anti-evolutionism in the Antipodes: from protesting evolution to promoting creationism in New Zealand, Ronald L. Numbers and John Stenhouse; The politics of indigenous 'creationism' in Australia, Robert Layton; Creationism among young people in Kenya and in Britain, Peter Fulljames and Leslie Francis; The new creationism: its philosophical dimension, Michael Ruse; Index.
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Leslie Carlin
