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Creationism on trial : evolution and God at Little Rock

Title
Creationism on trial : evolution and God at Little Rock / Langdon Gilkey.
Author
Gilkey, Langdon, 1919-2004.
Publication
Minneapolis, Minn. : Winston Press, ©1985.

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Description
vii, 301 pages; 22 cm
Summary
Documents Gilkey's participation in the 1981 trial, over the constitutionality of the Arkansas law requiring that creation science be taught alongside evolution in the public schools.
Subject
  • McLean, Bill > Trials, litigation, etc
  • McLean, Bill
  • Arkansas. State Board of Education > Trials, litigation, etc
  • Arkansas. State Board of Education
  • Creationism > Study and teaching > Law and legislation > Arkansas
  • Science and law
  • Creationism
  • creationism (religious ideology)
  • Creationism
  • Creationism > Study and teaching > Law and legislation
  • Science and law
  • Evolution
  • Schöpfung
  • Arkansas
Genre/Form
Trials, litigation, etc.
Note
  • "This volume represents an account ... 'theological' witness for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) at the 'creation' trial in Little Rock, Arkansas, December 7-9, 1981"--Pref.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 235-259.
Contents
The trial : The initiation of a witness -- Preparation for the case -- Deposition -- The trial: religious and historical backgrounds -- The trial: theological and philosophical issues -- The trial: the overwhelming weight of scientific evidence -- Analysis and reflection: the implications of creation science for modern society and modern religion : Science and religion in an advanced scientific culture -- The shape of a religious symbol and the meaning of creation.
ISBN
  • 0866837809
  • 9780866837804
LCCN
85050256
OCLC
  • ocm12968213
  • 12968213
  • SCSB-9015522
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library