Creationism on Trial: Evolution and God at Little Rock by Langdon Gilkey

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Creationism on Trial: Evolution and God at Little Rock

by Langdon Gilkey

320 pages, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 • Paper $22.50

ISBN 0-8139-1854-5

Creationism on Trial is Langdon Gilkey's fascinating blow-by-blow account of his experiences as a witness for the ACLU at the 1981 creationist trial in Little Rock, Arkansas. This courtroom drama between state-supported "creation science" fundamentalists and ACLU-supported scientists, theologians, and liberal teachers was an engrossing spectacle at the time and has been much talked about since. Gilkey, a renowned theological writer, brings to life principal characters and entertaining anecdotes from the trial and effortlessly translates the abstract religious concepts of the case into digestable language. Highlighted by a new introduction that takes into account recent directions in the creationism debate, this book will once again provoke discussion in classes of theology and religion.

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"In this book, Gilkey demonstrates once again that he is a master at discussing important, even academically complex, subjects in an exciting and nontechnical fashion. Consequently, he has produced a book that clearly engages the intelligent reader who may have little or no previous formal understanding of the topics it treats: science, religion, philosophy of science, the Christian undertstanding of Creation, and the consideration of how religion functions in a society."

--Journal of Religion

"This volume is the definitive theological critique of creation science. Gilkey demonstrates beyond a reasonable doubt [that] creation science is religion and not science and [that] creation science has no legitimate place in American public schools."

--The Christian Century

The Author

Langdon Gilkey is the author of a number of books, most recently Nature, Reality, and the Sacred: The Nexus of Science and Religion. He is a Visiting Professor in Religious Studies at the University of Virginia and a Visiting Professor in Theology at Georgetown University.

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Creationism on Trial: Evolution and God at Little Rock
by Langdon Gilkey
320 pages, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 • Paper $22.50
ISBN 0-8139-1854-5

http://www.upress.virginia.edu/gilkey.html

Revised 7/25/05

Reviews Author Related Links To Order		Creationism on Trial: Evolution and God at Little Rock
		by Langdon Gilkey
		320 pages, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 • Paper $22.50
		ISBN 0-8139-1854-5
		Creationism on Trial is Langdon Gilkey's fascinating blow-by-blow account of his experiences as a witness for the ACLU at the 1981 creationist trial in Little Rock, Arkansas. This courtroom drama between state-supported "creation science" fundamentalists and ACLU-supported scientists, theologians, and liberal teachers was an engrossing spectacle at the time and has been much talked about since. Gilkey, a renowned theological writer, brings to life principal characters and entertaining anecdotes from the trial and effortlessly translates the abstract religious concepts of the case into digestable language. Highlighted by a new introduction that takes into account recent directions in the creationism debate, this book will once again provoke discussion in classes of theology and religion.
		Reviews
		"In this book, Gilkey demonstrates once again that he is a master at discussing important, even academically complex, subjects in an exciting and nontechnical fashion. Consequently, he has produced a book that clearly engages the intelligent reader who may have little or no previous formal understanding of the topics it treats: science, religion, philosophy of science, the Christian undertstanding of Creation, and the consideration of how religion functions in a society." --Journal of Religion "This volume is the definitive theological critique of creation science. Gilkey demonstrates beyond a reasonable doubt [that] creation science is religion and not science and [that] creation science has no legitimate place in American public schools." --The Christian Century
		The Author
		Langdon Gilkey is the author of a number of books, most recently Nature, Reality, and the Sacred: The Nexus of Science and Religion. He is a Visiting Professor in Religious Studies at the University of Virginia and a Visiting Professor in Theology at Georgetown University.
		Related Links


		Creationism on Trial: Evolution and God at Little Rock by Langdon Gilkey 320 pages, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 • Paper $22.50 ISBN 0-8139-1854-5
		http://www.upress.virginia.edu/gilkey.html
		Revised 7/25/05