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Righting America at the Creation Museum
Susan L. Trollinger
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Description for Righting America at the Creation Museum
Hardback. This compelling book reveals that the Creation Museum is a remarkably complex phenomenon, at once a "natural history" museum at odds with contemporary science, an extended brief for the Bible as the literally true and errorless word of God, and a powerful and unflinching argument on behalf of the Christian right. Series: Medicine, Science, and Religion in Historical Context. Num Pages: 352 pages, 11 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HRA; HRAM6; KC; WTHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. .
On May 28, 2007, the Creation Museum opened in Petersburg, Kentucky. Aimed at scientifically demonstrating that the universe was created less than ten thousand years ago by a Judeo-Christian god, the museum is hugely popular, attracting millions of visitors over the past eight years. Surrounded by themed topiary gardens and a petting zoo with camel rides, the site conjures up images of a religious Disneyland. Inside, visitors are met by dinosaurs at every turn and by a replica of the Garden of Eden that features the Tree of Life, the serpent, and Adam and Eve. In Righting ... Read more
On May 28, 2007, the Creation Museum opened in Petersburg, Kentucky. Aimed at scientifically demonstrating that the universe was created less than ten thousand years ago by a Judeo-Christian god, the museum is hugely popular, attracting millions of visitors over the past eight years. Surrounded by themed topiary gardens and a petting zoo with camel rides, the site conjures up images of a religious Disneyland. Inside, visitors are met by dinosaurs at every turn and by a replica of the Garden of Eden that features the Tree of Life, the serpent, and Adam and Eve. In Righting ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
Series
Medicine, Science, and Religion in Historical Context
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421419510
SKU
V9781421419510
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About Susan L. Trollinger
Susan L. Trollinger is an associate professor of English at the University of Dayton. She is the author of Selling the Amish: The Tourism of Nostalgia. William Vance Trollinger, Jr., is a professor of history at the University of Dayton. He is the author of God's Empire: William Bell Riley and Midwestern Fundamentalism.
Reviews for Righting America at the Creation Museum
The material unfolds engagingly because the Trollingers confront and rebut pseudoscientific zealotry...so readers emerge from our deep exposure to this culture feeling triumphant, sane, as we align with the authors in the camp of science and reason.
Times Higher Education
[T]he most compelling elements of the book focus on the history, evolution and construction of the museum as ... Read more
Times Higher Education
[T]he most compelling elements of the book focus on the history, evolution and construction of the museum as ... Read more