God vs. Darwin

The War between Evolution and Creationism in the Classroom

Mano Singham (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

192 Seiten

2010
Rowman & Littlefield Education (Verlag)
9781607091707 (ISBN)

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In God vs. Darwin, Mano Singham dissects the legal battle between evolution and creationism in the classroom beginning with the Scopes Monkey trial in 1925 and ending with an intelligent design trial in Dover, Pennsylvania, in 2005. A publicity stunt, the Scopes Monkey trial had less to do with legal precedence than with generating tourism dollars for a rural Tennessee town. But the trial did successfully spark a debate that has lasted more than 80 years and simply will not be quelled despite a succession of seemingly definitive court decisions. In the greatest demonstration of survival, opposition to the teaching of evolution has itself evolved. Attempts to completely eliminate the teaching of evolution from public schools have given way to the recognition that evolution is here to stay, that explicitly religious ideas will never be allowed in public schools, and that the best that can be hoped for is to chip away at the credibility of the theory of evolution.

Dr. Singham deftly answers complex questions: Why is there such intense antagonism to the teaching of evolution in the United States? What have the courts said about the various attempts to oppose it? Sprinkled with interesting tidbits about Charles Darwin and the major players of the evolution vs. creationism debate, God vs. Darwin is charming in its embrace of the strong passions aroused from the topic of teaching evolution in schools.

Mano Singham is a theoretical nuclear physicist with interests in the history and philosophy of science, theories of knowledge and education, and the achievement gap. Originally from Sri Lanka, he has taught and done research at various universities and research laboratories in Sri Lanka and the United States. He is currently the Director of the University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education and Adjunct Associate Professor of Physics at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He has also written The Achievement Gap in US Education: Canaries in the Mine (Rowman and Littlefield Education, 2005).

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 The History Behind Inherit the Wind
Chapter 3 The Rising Religious Opposition to Darwin
Chapter 4 The Free Speech Train
Chapter 5 The Scopes Pre-Game Show
Chapter 6 The Scopes Trial
Chapter 7 The Scopes Appeal
Chapter 8 The History of Religion in United States Public Schools
Chapter 9 Religion and the Establishment Clause after Scopes
Chapter 10 Evolution Back in the Courts
Chapter 11 Adam and Eve and Evolution
Chapter 12 The Rise and Fall of "Creation Science"
Chapter 13 Creation Science Born Again as Intelligent Design
Chapter 14 Why Some Hate Evolution: The Wedge Document Revelations
Chapter 15 The Endorsement Test and the "Informed, Reasonable Observer"
Chapter 16 The Dover Policy on Teaching Evolution
Chapter 17 The Dover Verdict
Chapter 18 The Aftershocks of Dover
Chapter 19 What's Next?
Chapter 20 The Long View

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.2.2011
Vorwort	Charles J. Russo
Sprache	englisch
Maße	154 x 232 mm
Gewicht	295 g
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
ISBN-13	9781607091707 / 9781607091707
Zustand	Neuware