In the Beginning: Fundamentalism, the Scopes Trial, and the Making of the Antievolution Movement

by Michael Lienesch

Book Overview

The current controversy over teaching evolution in the public schools has grabbed front-page headlines and topped news broadcasts all across the United States. In the Beginning investigates the movement that has ignited debate in state legislatures and at school board meetings. Reaching back to the origins of antievolutionism in the 1920s, and continuing to the promotion of intelligent design today, Michael Lienesch skillfully analyzes one...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807830968
• ISBN13: 9780807830963
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"