American Genesis: The Antievolution Controversies from Scopes to Creation Science

by Jeffrey P. Moran

Book Overview

The question of teaching evolution in the public schools is a continuing and frequently heated political issue in America. From Tennessee's Scopes Trial in 1925 to recent battles that have erupted in Louisiana, Kansas, Ohio, and countless other localities, the critics and supporters of evolution have fought nonstop over the role of science and religion in American public life.

In American Genesis, Jeffrey P. Moran explores the ways in which...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195183495
• ISBN13: 9780195183498
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: OUP Us
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"