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The Evolution Controversy in America

George Ernest Webb (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

297 Seiten

1994
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-1864-2 (ISBN)

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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 Species had by the 1920's 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 sentiment and led to the emergence of "creation science" as the most recent expression of that sentiment. Creationists continue to demand "balanced treatment" of theories of creation and evolution in public schools, even though their efforts have been declared unconstitutional in a series of federal court cases. Their battles have been much more successful at the grassroots level, garnering support from local politicians and educators. Webb attributes the success of creationists primarily to the lack of scientific literacy among the American public. Although a number of published studies have dealt with specific aspects of the debate, The Evolution Controversy in America represents the first complete historical survey of the topic. In it Webb provides an analysis of one of the most intriguing debates in the history of American thought.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.12.1994
Verlagsort	Lexington
Sprache	englisch
Maße	165 x 248 mm
Gewicht	726 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-8131-1864-6 / 0813118646
ISBN-13	978-0-8131-1864-2 / 9780813118642
Zustand	Neuware