Among the Creationists Dispatches from the Anti-Evolutionist Front Line

Name: Among the Creationists Dispatches from the Anti-Evolutionist Front Line
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ISBN: 9780199744633

ISBN-10: 0199744637

ISBN-13: 9780199744633

Edition: 2012

Authors: Jason Rosenhouse

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Why do so many Americans reject the modern theory of evolution? Why does creationism, universally reviled by scientists, retain such popularity among the public? Is the perceived conflict between evolution and Christianity genuine, or is it merely an illusion peculiar to one idiosyncratic form of Protestant fundamentalism?Seeking answers, mathematician Jason Rosenhouse became a regular attendee at creationist conferences and other gatherings. After ten years and several dozen such events he has emerged with a story to tell. It is a story that goes well beyond the usual stereotypes of Bible-thumping fanatics vs. coldly rational scientists. Through anecdotes, personal reflections, and…

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List price: $60.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/10/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 9.41" wide x 6.42" long x 0.78" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



List of Figures


Preface



Vignettes



Studies in Insularity



Showdown at Subway



The Prospects for Agreeable Disagreements



How I Got Here



My Problems with Religion



The Creation Mega-Conference, Lynchburg, Virginia, July 2005



An Introduction to Evolution



An Introduction to Creationism



Literalism and Other Canards



Browsing the Bookstore



The Best Evidence That God Created



Fossils, Human and Otherwise



On Information



Movies and Television



The "Darwin vs. Design" Conference, Knoxville, Tennessee, March 2007



The Marginality of Genesis 1



Intelligent Design vs. Young-Earth Creationism



Rhetorical Legerdemain



Conversion Stories



On Religious Experience



Creation as Fishtank



Methodological Naturalism



Irreducible Complexity



Visiting the Creation Museum, Petersburg, Kentucky, August 2010



Creation Cinema



Creation and Corruption



Groaning under the Curse



From Catastrophe to Consummation



What Does Genesis Mean?



Theological Phlogiston



Why I Love Being Jewish



The Sixth International Conference on Creationism, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August 2008



Building the Creation Model



Inevitable Humans?



Unpleasantness



Conversations in Bookstores



Is the Earth at the Center of the Universe?



Things I Learned at the Banquet


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Index