The root of all evils: creation science and the fundamentalist mission

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dc.contributor.authorHolshoe, Joseph Marianen
dc.contributor.committeechairLux, David S.en
dc.contributor.committeememberWallenstein, Peter R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberNeth, Mary C.en
dc.contributor.committeememberBauer, Henry H.en
dc.contributor.departmentHistoryen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:33:16Zen
dc.date.adate2009-04-08en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:33:16Zen
dc.date.issued1990-04-20en
dc.date.rdate2009-04-08en
dc.date.sdate2009-04-08en
dc.description.abstractThis work examines creation science and its relationship to American Protestant fundamentalism. The thesis argues that scientific creationism is inextricably linked to American Protestant fundamentalism. More specifically, this thesis demonstrates that creation science is a direct historical product of fundamentalist thought, theology, social character, and organizational structure. Indeed, creation science is most clearly understood in light of its historical and social relationship to fundamentalism. Scientific creationism is the newest phase in the fundamentalist rejection of modernist thought and evolutionary theory. The thesis concludes that creation science is not a valid scientific endeavor, and is in instead a form of Biblical apologetics.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.format.extentv, 126 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-04082009-040554en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04082009-040554/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/41986en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1990.H657.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 22328524en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1990.H657en
dc.subject.lcshCreationismen
dc.subject.lcshFundamentalismen
dc.titleThe root of all evils: creation science and the fundamentalist missionen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineHistoryen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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