Creationism in Europe

Stefaan Blancke, Hans Henrik Hjermitslev, Peter C. Kjærgaard (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

296 Seiten

2015
Johns Hopkins University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4214-1562-8 (ISBN)

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For decades, the creationist movement was primarily situated in the United States. Then, in the 1970s, American creationists found their ideas welcomed abroad, first in Australia and New Zealand, then in Korea, India, South Africa, Brazil, and elsewhere - including Europe, where creationism plays an expanding role in public debates about science policy and school curricula. In this, the first comprehensive history of creationism in Europe, leading historians, philosophers, and scientists narrate the rise of - and response to - scientific creationism, creation science, intelligent design, and organized antievolutionism in countries and religions throughout Europe. Providing a unique map of creationism in Europe, the authors chart the surprising history of creationist activities and strategies there. Over the past forty years, creationism has spread swiftly among European Catholics, Protestants, Jews, Hindus, and Muslims, even as anti-creationists sought to smother its flames.
Antievolution messages gained such widespread approval, in fact, that in 2007 the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe passed a resolution advising member states to "defend and promote scientific knowledge" and "firmly oppose the teaching of creationism as a scientific discipline on an equal footing with the theory of evolution." Creationism in Europe offers a discerning introduction to the cultural history of modern Europe, the variety of worldviews in Europe, and the interplay of science and religion in a global context. It will be of interest to students and scholars in the history and philosophy of science, religious studies, and evolutionary theory, as well as policy makers and educators concerned about the spread of creationism in our time.

Stefaan Blancke is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Philosophy and Moral Science at Ghent University. Hans Henrik Hjermitslev is an assistant professor of social science at University College South Denmark. Peter C. Kjaergaard is a professor of evolutionary studies and director of the Centre for Biocultural History at Aarhus University.

Foreword, by Ronald L. Numbers
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Creationism in Europe or European Creationism?
Chapter 1. France
Chapter 2. Spain and Portugal
Chapter 3. United Kingdom
Chapter 4. The Low Countries
Chapter 5. Scandinavia
Chapter 6. Germany
Chapter 7. Poland
Chapter 8. Greece
Chapter 9. Russia and Its Neighbors
Chapter 10. Turkey
Chapter 11. Catholicism
Chapter 12. Intelligent Design
Chapter 13. The Rise of Anti-creationism in Europe
Afterword: Reclaiming Science for Creationism
A Note on Sources
List of Contributors
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	9.2.2015
Reihe/Serie	Medicine, Science, and Religion in Historical Context
Zusatzinfo	4 Line drawings, black and white; 7 Halftones, black and white
Verlagsort	Baltimore, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	544 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
ISBN-10	1-4214-1562-3 / 1421415623
ISBN-13	978-1-4214-1562-8 / 9781421415628
Zustand	Neuware