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Evolution, creationism, and intelligent design / Allene Phy-Olsen.

Title
Evolution, creationism, and intelligent design / Allene Phy-Olsen.
Author
Phy-Olsen, Allene
Publication
Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood, c2010.

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Description
xv, 171 p.; 25 cm.
Summary
Discusses arguments for and against creationism and intelligent design, including major scientific and religious figures on both sides; major court cases involving the teachings in public schools; and the future of science and religion.
Series Statement
Historical guides to controversial issues in America
Uniform Title
Historical guides to controversial issues in America
Subject
  • Religion and Science
  • Origin of Life
  • Biological Evolution
  • Evolution (Biology)
  • Creationism
  • Intelligent design (Teleology)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Science and religion: a brief historical overview -- Charles Darwin and the Darwinian revolution -- Social Darwinism and eugenics -- Theistic evolutionists -- Arguments for creationism and intelligent design -- Responses to intelligent design -- Religion and the courts -- Public schools and religion -- Science and religion, now and in the future.
ISBN
  • 9780313378416 (hardcopy : alk. paper)
  • 031337841X (hardcopy : alk. paper)
  • 9780313378423 (ebook)
  • 0313378428 (ebook)
LCCN
^^2010009743
OCLC
  • 503073149
  • SCSB-9994137
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library