In the beginning : fundamentalism, the Scopes trial, and the making of the antievolution movement / Michael Lienesch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lienesch, Michael, 1948-

Series:

H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series.

H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evolution (Biology)--Religious aspects--Christianity--History.

Evolution (Biology).

Creationism--History.

Creationism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

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

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

ISBN:

9798890882110

9780807885003

9780807884003

0807884006

OCLC:

174535729