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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Creationism"”.
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The status of the world : rochdian creationism and peripatetic eternalism
In this thesis, we aim to explore whether the world is eternal or created through the eyes of the Hellenes and especially Aristotle and the Muslim theologians led by Ibn Rochd. Such exploration would be a sort of comparative study between religion and philosophy, and we do mean by religion here the …
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Representing science education in UK newspapers : a case study on the controversy surrounding teaching the theory of evolution and creationism in science classes
… sources in a controversy about the teaching of creationism alongside the theory of evolution in science classrooms. The newspaper reporting revolved around the City Technology College Emmanuel College in Gateshead, mainly in Spring 2002. The empirical research focused on two connected media …
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The root of all evils: creation science and the fundamentalist mission
… The thesis argues that scientific creationism is inextricably linked to American Protestant fundamentalism. More specifically, this thesis demonstrates that creation science is a direct historical product of fundamentalist thought, theology, social character, and organizational …
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Rethinking Edwards v. Aguillard?: The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment and the Challenge of Intelligent Design
… required the state's public schools to teach creationism if evolution is taught and to teach evolution if creationism is taught. The Court ruled that the statute violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the Constitution. That decision was the culmination of a series of court …
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The effect of selected special interest groups on public school curriculum
… curricula, the exclusion of both scientific creationism and the concept that some values are absolute and must be obeyed, and the inclusion of the concept that parents should not decide what students read in school. The MM respondents held that sex education should be eliminated from public …
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Cosmological Beliefs About Origins Related to Science Achievement Among Junior High-School Students in South Bend, Indiana
… role of cosmological beliefs—such as New Earth Creationism—on science achievement. Some studies indicate that these cosmological beliefs correlate to low science achievement, while others show little to no correlation between cosmological beliefs and science achievement. Americans are unique in …
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Social origins of scientific deviance.
… of scientific communities. Using young-earth creationism and global warming skepticism as case studies, I introduce consensus perception to the study of scientific deviance and explore its utility. Having an improper perception of a scientific consensus on an issue turns out to be one of the …
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Competing for the Minds of America: Does the Teaching of Evolution in High Schools Promote a Naturalistic Worldview?
… cases that moved our teachers from teaching creationism in classrooms to today's curriculum of evolution only. Scientists hold evolution as an overarching theory that ties together many different principles. However, some feel evolution reaches too far and into the beliefs and worldviews of …
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Six Days of Twenty-Four Hours: the Scopes Trial, Antievolutionism, and the Last Crusade of William Jennings Bryan
… shift toward ultra-conservatism and young-earth Creationism within the movement after 1925. The impact of the Scopes Trial's location in the rural East Tennessee town of Dayton is further analyzed in order to present a local religious and cultural history of its origins, as well as its immediate …
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In the Vanguard: The Colombian Novel Between the Wars
… to several vanguard movements from futurism and creationism to surrealism. Chapter Three analyzes Jose Felix Fuenmayor's early novels, Cosme (1927) and Una triste aventura de 14 sabios (1928). Both explore occult realities and constitute a radical stand against logic and reason. The former is …
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Science and religion in 21st century America : a sociological perspective.
… acceptance of evolution, support for teaching creationism in public schools, whether science and religion are incompatible, and whether people feel that mainstream scientists are hostile to religious faith. Before delving into the empirical issues at hand, the initial chapter presents an …
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When Does Personhood Begin?
… definition of Imago Dei. Chapter 4 compares creationism and traducianism, two major theological schools of thought on the soul’s origin, and argues that traducianism is more plausible and consistent with biblical and scientific data. Chapter 5 systematically analyzes biblical descriptions of …
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Rhetoric and Romanticism in Charles Darwin's <em>Origin of Species</em>
… ability to create a counter-mythology to creationism.</p>
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Uncovering The Protological Hermeneutics Of George McCready Price And Benjamin Warfield
… that Price is the founder of modern Scientific Creationism. This idea was popularized by two historians who wanted to link Price to Fundamentalism––a term generally used pejoratively––to delegitimize Price’s contribution to theology and to science, and to uplift Warfield. However, this research …
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Measuring and Understanding Public Opinion on Human Evolution
<p>The theory of evolution has long generated controversy in American society, but Americans’ attitudes about human evolution are often neglected in studies of “culture wars” and the nature of mass belief systems more generally (Berkman and Plutzer 2010; Freeland and Houston 2009). Gallup and other …
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Confronting the Tree of Life: Three Court Cases in Modern American History
Like few other concepts in the history of science, Darwinian evolution prompted humans to question their most basic assumptions about themselves. Among the theory's most controversial implications, the principle of common descent insisted that humans were kin to other species. As such, common …
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“The Scientist is Wrong”: Joseph Fielding Smith, George McCready Price, and the Ascent of Creationist Thought among Latter-day Saints in the Twentieth Century
<p>At the beginning of the twentieth century, leadership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints took a wary but open position regarding the burgeoning science of evolution. By the end of the century, Latter-day Saints had effectively become old-earth creationists. Through implicit …
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Under The Bodhi Tree: Essays On Faith
Under The Bodhi Tree is a collection of essays about faith, identity, looking, and listening.
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Under The Bodhi Tree: Essays On Faith
Under The Bodhi Tree is a collection of essays about faith, identity, looking, and listening.
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