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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451610903321

Autore

Lienesch Michael <1948->

Titolo

In the beginning [[electronic resource] ] : fundamentalism, the Scopes trial, and the making of the antievolution movement / / Michael Lienesch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2007

ISBN

9780807885003

0-8078-8400-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (352 p.)

Collana

H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series

Disciplina

231.7/65209

Soggetti

Evolution (Biology) - Religious aspects - Christianity - History

Creationism - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Caravan book"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-319) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Identity: fundamentalist foundations -- Mobilization: activists and organizations -- Framing: the campaign against the colleges -- Alignment: debating Darwinism -- Opportunities: storming the state legislatures -- Staging: the drama at Dayton -- Climax: completing the cycle of contention -- Renewal: the continuing re-creation of creationism.

Sommario/riassunto

Reaching back to the origins of anti-evolutionism in the 1920's, and continuing to the promotion of intelligent design today, Michael Lienesch skillfully analyzes the creationism movement, one of the most formidable political movements of the twentieth century. With fresh insights, Lienesch retells the story of the 1925 Scopes "monkey" trial and reinterprets its meaning. In tracking the movement from that time to today, he explores the rise of creation science in the 1960's, the alliance with the New Christian Right in the 1980's, and the development of the theory of intelligent design in our own