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Why are there still creationists? : human evolution and the ancestors / Jonathan Marks.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marks, Jonathan (Jonathan M.), 1955- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Creationism.
- Evolution (Biology).
- Religion and science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 150 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA, USA : Polity Press, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- 1 Introducing the Ancestors p. 1
- Establishing the coincident, but distinct, histories of biology and biblical scholarship in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
- 2 Scientific Stories of Our Ancestors p. 22
- Summarizing the major features of human evolution, not just biological, but social; and the moral implications of rationalizing inequality biologically.
- 3 Attacking Evolution p. 42
- A thumbnail sketch of the history of creationism in three phases: Banning evolution (the Scopes Trial); "scientific creationism" (1970s-80s); and Intelligent Design (a modern anti-theory derived from scientific creationism).
- 4 Biblical Literalism and Rationalism p. 65
- Why the Bible is read today as sacred literature, culled from a broader set of texts, and historically situated; having been written down, redacted, translated, and interpreted.
- 5 Myths of Science and Religion p. 81
- Difficulties with seeing science as supplanting religion, as part of a narrative of intellectual progress. Establishing creationism as a theological, rather than a scientific, problem.
- 6 Sacred Ancestry p. 104
- Ancestry is a significant symbolic status, both from scientific and humanistic standpoints. But biblical literalists narrate a story of human ancestry that is antagonistic against both scientific scholarship about our ancestry and humanistic scholarship about the Bible..
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 03, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Marks, Jonathan (Jonathan M.), 1955- Why are there still creationists?
- ISBN:
- 9781509548712
- 1509548718
- 9781509547487
- 1509547487
- Publisher Number:
- 40030651759
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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