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American genesis [electronic resource] : the evolution controversies from Scopes to creation science / Jeffrey P. Moran.
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, c2012Description: 1 online resource (xi, 196 p.) : illISBN: 9780190254629 (ebook) :Subject(s): Evolution (Biology) -- Study and teaching -- United States -- History | Evolution (Biology) -- United States -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History | Creationism -- United States -- HistoryAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780195183498DDC classification: 576.8 LOC classification: QH362 | .M67 2012Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: The question of teaching evolution in public schools is a continuing and frequently heated political issue in America. From Tennessee's Scopes Trial in 1925 to recent battles that have erupted in Louisiana, Kansas, Ohio, and countless other localities, the critics and supporters of evolution have fought nonstop over the role of science and religion in American public life. This book explores the ways in which the evolution debate has reverberated beyond the confines of state legislatures and courthouses.| Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The question of teaching evolution in public schools is a continuing and frequently heated political issue in America. From Tennessee's Scopes Trial in 1925 to recent battles that have erupted in Louisiana, Kansas, Ohio, and countless other localities, the critics and supporters of evolution have fought nonstop over the role of science and religion in American public life. This book explores the ways in which the evolution debate has reverberated beyond the confines of state legislatures and courthouses.
Description based on print version record.