Righting America at the Creation Museum (Medicine, Science, and Religion in Historical Context)
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| Rating | : | 4.43 (604 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1421419513 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 344 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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Trollinger and William Vance Trollinger, Jr., take readers on a fascinating tour of the museum. 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. 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.. 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. 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 select
Laurence M. Yorgason said Very helpful. Thoroughly researched, enjoyable writing, very helpful in understanding Fundamentalism.. What the "Museum" is, and why it matters My rating is strictly for the reading experience of this book, which was certainly informative but not entertaining. I came to the book knowing that it would be an academic analysis, not a gossipy article about the Creation Museum or its founders, but even knowing that I still didn't appreciate the book as much as it probably deserves.The authors provide a close-up look at each aspect . Highly biased, but a solid analysis and presentation of the Creation Museum and its message. This is a complicated book. It is an analysis of the Creation Museum, its techniques and goals, and is also a scholarly rant against the Creationist "Young Earth View." The prose is academic style, but readable. It does use a few academic constructs that the casual reader might not be familiar with, but those can be skimmed over--the informational content is worth it.The analysis is ba
Susan L. William Vance Trollinger, Jr., is a professor of history at the University of Dayton. Trollinger is an associate professor of English at the University of Dayton. She is the author of Selling the Amish: The Tourism of Nostalgia. He is the author of God’s Empire: William Bell Riley and Midwestern Fundamentalism.
(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. Numbers, University of Wisconsin–Madison, author of The Creationists: From Scientific Creationism to Intelligent Design)The material unfolds engagingly because the Trollingers confront and rebut pseudoscientific zealotryso 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. This book is a perceptive critical analysis of the museum’s purposes, methods, and potential impact. (Randall Balmer, Dartmouth College, author of Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: A Journey into the Evangelical Subculture in America)This carefully researched, engagingly written book takes readers on a virtual tour of the Creation Museum, the first of its kind. A m