Thesis ID: CBB001567621

From Scopes to Reagan: Presbyterians and the Persistence of Antievolution (2014)

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Abraham, Joshua Baiju (Author)


Gregory, Frederick
Gregory, Frederick
Davis, Jack
Dale, Elizabeth
University of Florida
Smocovitis, Vassiliki Betty
Davis, Jack
Dale, Elizabeth
Henderson, Brent
Gregory, Frederick
Smocovitis, Vassiliki Betty
Henderson, Brent


Publication Date: 2014
Edition Details: Advisor: Gregory, Frederick; Committee Members: Smocovitis, Vassiliki Betty, Davis, Jack, Dale, Elizabeth, Henderson, Brent, Gregory, Frederick.
Physical Details: 513 pp.
Language: English

Creationism in America as a protest about evolution in the public schools erupted three times--in 1925 with the Scopes trial in Dayton, Tennessee, in 1981 with the call for equal-time for young-earth creationism in Arkansas schools, and in 2005 with the Dover, Pennsylvania battle that resulted in the legal system categorizing "intelligent design" theory as a variant of creationism. While George Marsden's history of evangelicalism and fundamentalism, Ronald Numbers's history of creationist institutions, and Edward Larson's history of legal developments surrounding creationism are important foundational works, the three eruptions still appear hard to discern as part of a larger pattern. Among the various entities that comprised the body known as the "Religious Right" in the 1970s, there was one stream that provided the articulation for this pattern--conservative Presbyterians beginning with the story of J. Gresham Machen in the 1920s and leading up to the story of Francis Schaeffer in the 1970s. Their concern that Enlightenment thought was overtaking the legacy of the Protestant Reformation in America through the changes in the federal judiciary and sociological upheaval involving interest-group politics demonstrated that the three eruptions of creationism were clear evidence that bursts of antievolutionist sentiment were not haphazard events. Instead, they were manifestations of constant Protestant fear and resentment through the twentieth century of the growth of federal power in relation to the states.

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Description Cited in Dissertation Abstracts International-A 76/05(E), Nov 2015. Proquest Document ID: 1645427899.


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Authors & Contributors
Laats, Adam
Shapiro, Adam R.
Morgan, David
Carl R. Weinberg
Howell, Christopher
Yegge, John G.
Concepts
Science and religion
Evolution
Creationism
Controversies and disputes
Science education and teaching
Science and politics
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, early
21st century
20th century, late
19th century
Places
United States
Belfast, Ireland
Toronto (Ontario)
Edinburgh
St. Petersburg (Russia)
Kenya
Institutions
Presbyterian Church
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