Among the creationists : dispatches from the anti-evolutionist front line / Jason Rosenhouse.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosenhouse, Jason.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creationism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Why do so many Americans reject the modern theory of evolution? Seeking answers, mathematician Jason Rosenhouse became a regular attendee at creationist conferences and other gatherings. After ten years of attending events like the giant Creation Mega-Conference in Lynchburg, Virginia, and visiting sites like the Creation Museum in Petersburg, Kentucky, and after hundreds of mostly friendly conversations with creationists of varying stripes, he has emerged with a story to tell, a story that goes well beyond the usual stereotypes of Bible-thumping fanatics railing against coldly rational scient

Contents:

pt. 1. Vignettes

pt. 2. The creation mega-conference, Lynchburg, Virginia, July 2005

pt. 3. The "Darwin vs. design" conference, Knoxville, Tennessee, March 2007

pt. 4. Visiting the creation museum, Petersburg, Kentucky, August 2010

pt. 5. The sixth international conference on creationism, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August 2008.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-991109-6

0-19-026782-8

1-280-59326-1

9786613623096

0-19-990816-8

OCLC:

780445039