Creationism in the United States: VIII. The lingering threat

American Biology Teacher

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 330-340

  Moore, Randy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033238655     PISSN: 00027685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4450693     Document Type: Article

References (74)

1. Affannato, F. (1986). A Survey of Biology Teachers' Opinions About the Teaching of Evolutionary Theory and/or the Creation Model in the United States in Public and Private Schools. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Iowa.
2. Aguillard, D. (1999). Evolution education in Louisiana public schools: A decade following Edwards v. Aguillard. The American Biology Teacher, 61,(3) 182-188.
3. Bennetta, W. (1986). Looking backwards. In his Crusade of the Credulous: A Collection of Articles About Contemporary Creationism and the Effects of That Movement on Public Education. San Francisco: California Academy of Science Press.
4. Berman, E.H. (1997). Fundamentalists, the schools, and cultural politics. Educational Foundations, (Fall 1997), pp. 1-12.
5. Broad, W. (1981). Creationists limit scope of California case. Science, 211, 1331-1332.
6. Bull, J. & Wichman, H. (1998). A revolution in evolution. Science, 281 (25 September), 1959.
7. Cavanaugh, M. (1985). Scientific creationism and rationality. Nature, 315, 185-189.
8. Culliton, B. (1978). Science's restive public. Daedulus, 107, 147-156.
9. Darwin, C. (1871). Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex. Murray (UK): London.
10. Eve, R. & Harrold, F. (1991). The Crentionist Movement in Modern America. Boston: Twayne Publishers.
11. Explanations of origin differ on age, method. (1981). The Oregonian (March 22), p. G12.
12. Gabler, M. & Gabler, N. (1985). What Are They Teaching Our Children? Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.
13. Gell-Mann, M. (1990). Transcript of Interview by M. Shermer. Cited in Shermer (1997).
14. Gish, D. (1978). Evolution: The Fossils Say No! San Diego: Creation Life Publishers. p. 13.
15. Gish, D. (1988). Creation, evolution, and the historical evidence. In M. Ruse (Ed.), But Is It Science? Buffalo: Prometheus Books. pp. 266-283.
16. Gould, S.J. (1983). Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes. New York: Norton.
17. Hays, A.G. (1925). The strategy of the Scopes defense. The Nation (5 August 1925), 158.
18. Hazen, R.M. & Trefil, J. (1991). Quick! What's a quark? New York Times Magazine (13 January), pp. 24-26.
19. Huba, S. (1998). Creationists plan clubs for students. Cincinnati Post (12 October 1998), p. A4.
20. Kennedy, D. (1998). Helping schools to teach evolution. The Chronicle of Higher Education, (7 August 1998), p. A48.
21. Kennedy, J. (1992). Teaching of creationism splits Louisville parents. The Repository (Sept. 30), p. B4.
22. Kitcher, P. (1982). Abusing Science: The Case Against Creationism. Cambridge: MIT Press.
23. LaFollette, M. (Ed.). (1983). Creationism, Science and the Law: The Arkansas Case. Cambridge: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press.
24. Lane, J. (1982). Letter. Physics Today, 35, 15, 103.
25. Larson, E.J. & Witham, L. (1998). Leading scientists still reject God. Nature, 394, 313.
26. Larson, E.J. (1989). Trial and Error: The American Controversy Over Creation and Evolution (updated edition). New York: Oxford University Press.
27. Larson, E.J. (1997). Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion. New York: Basic Books.
28. Lessl, T. (1988). Heresy, orthodoxy, and the politics of science. Quarterly Journal of Speech, 74, 18-34.
29. Lewis, R. (1997). To effectively discuss evolution, first define "theory." The Scientist (12 May), pp. 13-14.
30. Matsumura, M. (1998). How to fight creationism/evolution battles. Free Inquiry (Spring), pp. 37-38.
31. Matsumura, M.V. (1995). Tennessee upset: "Monkey bill" law defeated. NCSE Reports, 15, 6-7.
32. Miller, K. (1983). Answers to the standard creationist arguments. In J. Zetterberd (Ed.), Science Versus Creationism. Phoenix: Oryx Press. pp. 249-262.
33. Moore, R. (1996). A perfectly logical thing to do. The American Biology Teacher, 58, 452-453.
34. Moore, R. (1998a). Creationism in the United States. I. Banning evolution from the classroom. The American Biology Teacher, 60(7), 486-507.
35. Moore, R. (1998b). Creationism in the United States. II. The aftermath of the Scopes trial. The American Biology Teacher, 60(8), 568-577.
36. Moore, R. (1998c). Creationism in the United States. III. The ban on teaching evolution reaches the U.S. Supreme Court. The American Biology Teacher, 60(9), 650-661.
37. Moore, R. (1998d). The influence of the Scopes trial on biology textbooks. In R.M. Cornelius, The Scopes Trial: A Challenge for American Education. Symposium held in Dayton, TN on 17 July 1998. Dayton, TN: Bryan College.
38. Moore, R. (1999a). Creationism in the United States. IV. The aftermath of Epperson v. Arkansas. The American Biology Teacher, 61(1), 10-16.
39. Moore, R. (1999b). Creationism in the United States. V. The McLean decision destroys the credibility of "creation science." The American Biology Teacher, 61(2), 92-101.
40. Moore, R. (1999c). Creatiomsm in the United States. VI. Demanding "balanced treatment." The American Biology Teacher, 61(3), 175-180.
41. Morris, H. (1980). The Doubled Waters of Evolution. San Diego: Creation Life Publisher.
42. Nelkin, D. (1976). Science of scripture: The politics of "equal time." In G. Holton & W. Blanpied (Eds.), Science and Its Public The Changing Relationship Dordrecht: Ret del Publishers. pp. 209-228.
43. Nelkin, D. (1982). The Creation Controversal Science on Scripture in the Schools? New York: Norton.
44. New poll points to increase in paranormal belief. (1998). Sketical Inquirer. (September-October). pp. 9-10.
45. Novik, J.D. (1983). Litigating the religion of creation science. Federation of American Societies for Expiremental Biology Proceedings, 42, 3042.
46. Padian, K. (1997). Creationist geology and intuition: Isn't science just common sense? NCSE Reports, (November-December), pp. 28-29.
47. Paterson, F.R.A. & Rossow, L.F. (1999). Chained to the devil's throne: Evolution and creation science as a religio-political issue. The American Biology Teacher, in press.
48. Pickover, C.A. (1998). Paranormal web sites proliferate. Skeptical Inquirer. (May-June), p. 12.
49. Pigliucci, M. (1998). Summer for the Gods (book review). BioScience. 48, 406-407.
50. Poovey, B. (1998). Alabama governor wins GOP primary runoff. Louisville Courier Journal (1 July 1998). p. A6.
51. Pope, J. (1981). It's no monkey trial, but it can get a little hairy. The Times-Picayune [New Orleans] (14 December). p. 1.
52. Prewitt, K. (1983). Scientific illiteracy and democratic theory. Daedalus, 112, 49-64.
53. Recer, P. (1998). Americans lack knowledge but are tops as science fans. Louisville Courier Journal, (4 July 1998), p. A11.
54. Ruse, M. (1998). Answering the creationists. Free Inquiry, (Spring), 28-32.
55. Same evidence begets different conclusions. (1981). The Sun [Baltimore] (December 6), p. G2.
56. Schmertz, H. & Novak, W. (1986). Goodbye to the Low Profile. Boston: Brown.
57. Scott, E. (1995). State of Alabama distorts science, evolution. NCSE Reports, 15, 10-11.
58. Scott, E. (1996a). Close Ohio vote scuttles evidence against evolution bill. NCSE Reports, 16, 18.
59. Scott, E. (1996b). Creationism, ideology, and science. In P.R. Gross, N. Levitt & M.W. Lewis (Eds.), The Flight from Science and Reason. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 505-522.
60. Scott, E. (1997). Antievolution and creationism in the United States. Annual Review of Anthropology, 26, 263-89.
61. Scott, E.C. (1994). The struggle for the schools. Natural History 7/94, 10-13.
62. Sehlstedt, A. (1981). In the beginning . . . What? When? How? Questions split creationists and scientists. The Sun [Baltimore] (December 6), pp. G3-G5.
63. Shermer, M. (1997). Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time. W.H. Freeman: New York.
64. Sinclair, A. & Pendarvis, M.P. (1998). Evolution vs. conservative religious beliefs: Can biology instructors assist students with their dilemma? Journal of College Science Teaching, 27, 167-170.
65. Sponsor sees victory in end of act. (1982). Arkansas Gazette (January 6), p. A1.
66. Taylor, C.A. & Condit, C.M. (1988). Objectivity and elites: A creation science trial. Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 5, 293-312.
67. Taylor, C.A. (1992). Of audience, expertise and authority: The evolving creationism debate. Quarterly Journal of Speech, 78, 277-295.
68. Thompson, B. (1981). Can America Survive the Fruits of Atheistic Evolution? Ft. Worth, TX: Pro-Family Forum.
69. Untitled article. (1997). NCSE Reports, (November-December), p. 29.
70. Updates. (1998). NCSE Reports, 18(1), 9.
71. Willard, C.A. (1996). Liberalism and the Problem of Knowledge: A New Rhetoric for Modern Democracy. University of Chicago Press: Chicago.
72. Wise, D.U. (1998). Creationism's geological time scale. American Scientist, 86 (March-April), 160-173.
73. Witham, L. (1997). Many scientists see God's hand in evolution. Washington Times, (11 April), p. A8.
74. Ziman, J. (1991). Public understanding of science. Science, Technology, and Human Values, 39, 111-121.