Bibliograph

In the beginning, fundamentalism, the Scopes trial, and the making of the antievolution movement, Michael Lienesch

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In the beginning, fundamentalism, the Scopes trial, and the making of the antievolution movement, Michael Lienesch

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-319) and index

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

In the beginning

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

74648984

Responsibility statement

Michael Lienesch

Series statement

H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series

Sub title

fundamentalism, the Scopes trial, and the making of the antievolution movement

Summary

The current controversy over teaching evolution in the public schools has grabbed front-page headlines and topped news broadcasts all across the United States. "In the Beginning" investigates the movement that has ignited debate in state legislatures and at school board meetings. Reaching back to the origins of antievolutionism in the 1920s, and continuing to the promotion of intelligent design today, Michael Lienesch analyzes one of the most formidable political movements of the twentieth century

Table Of Contents

Identity: fundamentalist foundations -- Mobilization: activists and organizations -- Framing: the campaign against the colleges -- Alignment: debating Darwinism -- Opportunities: storming the state legislatures -- Staging: the drama at Dayton -- Climax: completing the cycle of contention -- Renewal: the continuing re-creation of creationism

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