American genesis: the antievolution controversies from Scopes to creation science

The question of teaching evolution in public schools is a continuing and frequently heated political issue in America. From Tennessee's Scopes Trial in 1925 to recent battles that have erupted in Louisiana, Kansas, Ohio, and countless other localities, the critics and supporters of evolution ha...

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1. Verfasser: Moran, Jeffrey P. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York [u.a.] Oxford Univ. Press 2012
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Zusammenfassung:The question of teaching evolution in public schools is a continuing and frequently heated political issue in America. From Tennessee's Scopes Trial in 1925 to recent battles that have erupted in Louisiana, Kansas, Ohio, and countless other localities, the critics and supporters of evolution have fought nonstop over the role of science and religion in American public life. This book explores the ways in which the evolution debate has reverberated beyond the confines of state legislatures and courthouses
Beschreibung:Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: March 2015
Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (XI, 196 S.) Ill.
ISBN:9780190254629
DOI:10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780195183498.001.0001