Redeeming culture : American religion in an age of science / James Gilbert.
In this intriguing history, James Gilbert examines the confrontation between modern science and religion as these disparate, sometimes hostile modes of thought clashed in the arena of American culture. Beginning in 1925 with the infamous Scopes trial, Gilbert traces nearly forty years of competing a...
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| Online Access: | Electronic book from EBSCO |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, ©1997. |
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| Summary: | In this intriguing history, James Gilbert examines the confrontation between modern science and religion as these disparate, sometimes hostile modes of thought clashed in the arena of American culture. Beginning in 1925 with the infamous Scopes trial, Gilbert traces nearly forty years of competing attitudes toward science and religion. "Anyone seriously interested in the history of current controversies involving religion and science will find Gilbert's book invaluable."?Peter J. Causton, Boston Book Review. "Redeeming Culture provides some fascinating background for understandi. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 407 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-390) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0226293238 9780226293233 9780226293202 0226293203 9780226293219 0226293211 |
| Access: | Access limited to authorized users. |