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The cultures of creationism : anti-evolution in English-speaking countries / edited by Simon Coleman and Leslie Carlin.

Contributor(s): Coleman, Simon, 1963- | Carlin, Leslie, 1959-
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, 2004Description: xv, 195 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 075460912X (alk. paper)Subject(s): Creationism -- English-speaking countries -- CongressesDDC classification: 231.7/652 LOC classification: BS652 | .C85 2004Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction: The cultures of creationism : shifting boundaries of belief, knowledge and nationhood / Simon Coleman and Leslie Carlin -- The context of creationism in Darwin's England / David Knight -- Creationist discourse and the management of political-legal argumentation : comparing Britain and the USA / Simon Locke -- Creationism, American-style : ideology, tactics and rhetoric in a social movement / Francis Harrold, Raymond Eve and John Taylor -- Creationism in Canada / John Barker -- Creationists and their critics in Australia : an autonomous culture or 'the USA with kangaroos'? / Ronald L. Numbers -- Anti-evolutionism in the Antipodes : from protesting evolution to promoting creationism in New Zealand / Ronald L. Numbers and John Stenhouse -- The politics of indigenous 'creationism' in Australia / Robert Layton -- Creationism among young people in Kenya and Britain / Peter Fulljames and Leslie Francis -- The new creationism : its philosophical dimension / Michael Ruse.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: The cultures of creationism : shifting boundaries of belief, knowledge and nationhood / Simon Coleman and Leslie Carlin -- The context of creationism in Darwin's England / David Knight -- Creationist discourse and the management of political-legal argumentation : comparing Britain and the USA / Simon Locke -- Creationism, American-style : ideology, tactics and rhetoric in a social movement / Francis Harrold, Raymond Eve and John Taylor -- Creationism in Canada / John Barker -- Creationists and their critics in Australia : an autonomous culture or 'the USA with kangaroos'? / Ronald L. Numbers -- Anti-evolutionism in the Antipodes : from protesting evolution to promoting creationism in New Zealand / Ronald L. Numbers and John Stenhouse -- The politics of indigenous 'creationism' in Australia / Robert Layton -- Creationism among young people in Kenya and Britain / Peter Fulljames and Leslie Francis -- The new creationism : its philosophical dimension / Michael Ruse.

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