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God vs. Darwin
The War between Evolution and Creationism in the Classroom
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2009
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In God vs. Darwin, Mano Singham dissects the legal battle between evolution and creationism in the classroom beginning with the Scopes Monkey trial in 1925 and ending with an intelligent design trial in Dover, Pennsylvania, in 2005. A publicity stunt, the Scopes Monkey trial had less to do with legal precedence than with generating tourism dollars for a rural Tennessee town. But the trial did successfully spark a debate that has lasted more than 80 years and simply will not be quelled despite a succession of seemingly definitive court decisions. In the greatest demonstration of survival, opposition to the teaching of evolution has itself evolved. Attempts to completely eliminate the teaching of evolution from public schools have given way to the recognition that evolution is here to stay, that explicitly religious ideas will never be allowed in public schools, and that the best that can be hoped for is to chip away at the credibility of the theory of evolution. Dr. Singham deftly answers complex questions: Why is there such intense antagonism to the teaching of evolution in the United States? What have the courts said about the various attempts to oppose it? Sprinkled with interesting tidbits about Charles Darwin and the major players of the evolution vs. creationism debate, God vs. Darwin is charming in its embrace of the strong passions aroused from the topic of teaching evolution in schools.
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Copyright year
2009
ISBN-Print
978-1-60709-169-1
ISBN-Online
978-1-60709-171-4
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
174
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Foreword No access
Preface No access
Chapter 01: Introduction No access Pages 1 - 6
Chapter 02: The History behindInherit the Wind No access Pages 7 - 12
Chapter 03: The Rising ReligiousOpposition to Evolution No access Pages 13 - 20
Chapter 04: The Free Speech Train No access Pages 21 - 22
Chapter 05: The Scopes Pregame Show No access Pages 23 - 34
Chapter 06: The Scopes Trial No access Pages 35 - 52
Chapter 07: The Scopes Appeal No access Pages 53 - 56
Chapter 08: The History of Religion in U.S. Public Schools No access Pages 57 - 66
Chapter 09: Religion and the Establishment Clause after Scopes No access Pages 67 - 76
Chapter 10: Evolution Back in the Courts No access Pages 77 - 86
Chapter 11: Adam and Eve and Evolution No access Pages 87 - 92
Chapter 12: The Rise and Fall of “Creation Science” No access Pages 93 - 100
Chapter 13: Creation Science Born Again As Intelligent Design No access Pages 101 - 104
Chapter 14: Why Some Hate Evolution: The Wedge Document Revelations No access Pages 105 - 112
Chapter 15: The Endorsement Test and the “Informed, Reasonable Observer” No access Pages 113 - 120
Chapter 16: The Dover Policy on Teaching Evolution No access Pages 121 - 130
Chapter 17: The Dover Verdict No access Pages 131 - 136
Chapter 18: The Aftershocks of Dover No access Pages 137 - 142
Chapter 19: What Next? No access Pages 143 - 152
Chapter 20: The Long View No access Pages 153 - 158
