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Righting America at the Creation Museum
Susan L. Trollinger
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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 America at the Creation Museum, Susan L. Trollinger and William Vance Trollinger, Jr., take readers on a fascinating tour of the museum. The Trollingers vividly describe and analyze its vast array of exhibits, placards, dioramas, and videos, from the Culture in Crisis Room, where videos depict sinful characters watching pornography or considering abortion, to the Natural Selection Room, where placards argue that natural selection doesn't lead to evolution. The book also traces the rise of creationism and the history of fundamentalism in America. 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.
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 a cultural space and then explore how the Creation Museum fits into that history. As the Trollingers show repeatedly, Creationism has evolved a posture that steadfastly sidesteps any kind of serious debate. The book is at its best when it situates the Creation Museum within the longer history of how we present objects and organize knowledge.
Los Angeles Times
More than a tour, Righting America at the Creation Museum is about as thorough and detailed a text-based analysis of the Creation Museum as anyone could want. This book is a perceptive critical analysis of the museum's purposes, methods, and potential impact.
Free Inquiry
The Creation Museum has attracted significant attention from scholars in a variety of disciplines, but to the best of my knowledge this is the first full-length scholarly book about it... the Trollingers bring expertise in anti-evolutionism and visual rhetoric to bear on the Creation Museum. Righting America at the Creation Museum combines analysis of the museum as a visual argument with analysis of the ideas on display, giving readers a broad and sometimes deep understanding of creationism as a phenomenon.
Edward B. Davis, Messiah College
Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith
Times Higher Education
[T]he most compelling elements of the book focus on the history, evolution and construction of the museum as a cultural space and then explore how the Creation Museum fits into that history. As the Trollingers show repeatedly, Creationism has evolved a posture that steadfastly sidesteps any kind of serious debate. The book is at its best when it situates the Creation Museum within the longer history of how we present objects and organize knowledge.
Los Angeles Times
More than a tour, Righting America at the Creation Museum is about as thorough and detailed a text-based analysis of the Creation Museum as anyone could want. This book is a perceptive critical analysis of the museum's purposes, methods, and potential impact.
Free Inquiry
The Creation Museum has attracted significant attention from scholars in a variety of disciplines, but to the best of my knowledge this is the first full-length scholarly book about it... the Trollingers bring expertise in anti-evolutionism and visual rhetoric to bear on the Creation Museum. Righting America at the Creation Museum combines analysis of the museum as a visual argument with analysis of the ideas on display, giving readers a broad and sometimes deep understanding of creationism as a phenomenon.
Edward B. Davis, Messiah College
Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith