The Evolution Controversy in America [electronic resource] / George E. Webb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Webb, George Ernest.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evolution (Biology)--History.

Evolution (Biology).

Creationism--United States--History.

Creationism.

Religion and science--United States--History.

Religion and science.

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

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For well over a century, the United States has witnessed a prolonged debate over organic evolution and teaching of the theory in the nation's public schools. The controversy that began with the publication of Darwin's Origin of the Species had by the 1920s expanded to include theologians, politicians, and educators. The Scopes trial of 1925 provided the growing antievolution movement with significant publicity and led to a decline in the teaching of evolution in public schools.George E. Webb details how efforts to improve science education in the wake of Sputnik resurrected antievolution sent

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Prologue; 1. Origins; 2. Toward the New Century; 3. Gathering at the River; 4. The Scopes Trial and Beyond; 5. Decline and Revival; 6. The Passing of the Old Order; 7. New Directions; 8. A Remedy to a Bad Act; 9. The Creationist Challenge; 10. Somewhere in Heaven, John Scopes Is Smiling; Epilogue; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Include index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [264]-289) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-3150-2

0-8131-9049-5

0-8131-4848-0

OCLC:

624515132