The creation controversy : science or Scripture in the schools /

The creation controversy : science or Scripture in the schools /

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Author / Creator:Nelkin, Dorothy.
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:New York : Norton, ©1982.
Description:242 pages ; 22 cm
Language:English
Subject:
Creationism.
Evolution.
Religion and science -- United States -- History.
Evolution (Biology)
Biological Evolution
Evolution (Biology)
Creationism.
Evolution.
Religion and science.
United States.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13235364
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ISBN:0393016358
9780393016352
Language / Script:British Library not licensed to copy 0.
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:"In 1999, the Board of Education in Kansas voted to delete all mention of evolution from the state's recommended science curriculum and also from its educational assessment tests. This decision, and similar decisions in other states, suggest the persistence of creationists and their ability to capture sufficient support to influence educational policies. Although evolutionary ideas have become increasingly important to many scientific fields, the creationists still have significant influence on science curriculum. How have religious fundamentalists and right wing conservatives managed to have such influence? In this science-dominated age, why is there such opposition to the teaching of evolution? This book places the Kansas decision in the broader context of the controversy between creationists and evolutionists, as a group of religious fundamentalists who defined themselves as scientists have challenged the most basic assumptions of contemporary biology. Though motivated by religious beliefs, they have tried to bypass the Constitutional requirement for the separation of church and state as they seek to influence legislature and school boards. Looking at the people involved in this social movement and tracing changes in their arguments and strategies, this book links the creation-evolution controversy to broader questions about the meaning of religion in a secular science, public trust in science, and persistent concerns about its social and moral implications."
Table of Contents:
  • Abbreviations
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • I. The Context
  • 2. A Science or a World View? Historical Notes on the Teaching of Evolution
  • Evolution and the Nineteenth-Century Soul
  • Antievolution in the 1920s
  • The Legacy of the Scopes Trial
  • 3. Science after Sputnik
  • The Federal Government's Role
  • The Biological Sciences Curriculum Study
  • Man: A Course of Study
  • II. The Science-Textbook Watchers
  • 4. Textbook Watchers and Space-Age Fundamentalism
  • Forbidden Subjects
  • The Conservative Ministries
  • The New Censors
  • 5. The Scientific Creationists
  • The Bible as Science
  • Creationist Organizations
  • The Activists
  • 6. Political Tactics
  • In School Boards and Commissions
  • In the Streets
  • In State Legislatures
  • In the Courts
  • III. Disputes
  • 7. Creation versus Evolution: The California Controversy
  • Creationist Demands
  • The California Solution
  • 8. The Proper Study of Mankind...: Evolution and the MACOS Dispute
  • "We're all animals, kids are taught here"
  • The Politics of Local Protest
  • MACOS: A National Debate
  • The Tip of the Iceberg: MACOS, Accountability, and the NSF
  • 9. Legislating Science in Arkansas
  • The Legislation
  • The Trial
  • IV. Science and the Resistance Ideology
  • 10. Censorship by Surrender
  • Manipulated Media
  • Publishers and Profits
  • Conflict Avoidance in the Schools
  • The Scientists' Response
  • 11. Social Sources of Textbook Disputes
  • Disillusion with Science and Technology
  • Challenges to Authority
  • The Ideology of Equal Time
  • 12. Science and Personal Beliefs
  • Images of Science
  • Problems in the Communication of Science
  • Appendices
  • 1. Decision, The Rev. Bill McLean v. Arkansas Board of Education
  • 2. Public Knowledge of Science: Report of a Survey by the National Assessment of Educational Progress
  • 3. Proposed Creationist Revisions of the California Science Framework for 1976
  • Index

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