Creationism on trial : evolution and God at Little Rock / Langdon Gilkey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gilkey, Langdon, 1919-2004.

Series:

Studies in religion and culture (Charlottesville, Va.)

Studies in religion and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

McLean, Bill--Trials, litigation, etc.

McLean, Bill.

Arkansas. State Board of Education--Trials, litigation, etc.

Arkansas.

Arkansas. State Board of Education.

Creationism--Study and teaching--Law and legislation--Arkansas.

Creationism.

Creationism--Study and teaching--Law and legislation.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 304 pages ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First University Press of Virginia paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville ; London : University Press of Virginia, 1998.

Summary:

Creationism on Trial is Langdon Gilkey's fascinating, blow-by-blow account of his experiences as a witness for the ACLU at the 1981 creationist trial in Little Rock, Arkansas. This courtroom drama between state-supported "creation science" fundamentalists and ACLU-supported scientists, theologians, and liberal teachers was an engrossing spectacle at the time and has been much talked about since. Gilkey, a renowned theological writer, brings to life principal characters and entertaining anecdotes from the trial and effortlessly translates the abstract religious concepts of the case into digestable language. Highlighted by a new introduction that takes into account recent directions in the creationism debate, this book will once again provoke discussion in classes of theology and religion.

Notes:

Originally published: Minneapolis, Minn. : Winston Press, c1985.

ISBN:

0813918545

OCLC:

39307231