Creationism on trial
Subtitle: evolution and God at Little Rock
By: Langdon Gilkey.
Edition: 1st University Press of Virginia pbk. ed.
Series: Studies in religion and culture; Studies in religion and culture (Charlottesville, Va.)
Publisher: University Press of Virginia
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Charlottesville, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
Subjects: McLean, Bill -- Trials, litigation, etc; Arkansas. State Board of Education -- Trials, litigation, etc; Creationism -- Study and teaching -- Law and legislation -- Arkansas
Description: "Creationism on Trial is Langdon Gilkey's blow-by-blow account of his experiences as a witness for the ACLU at the 1981 creationist trial in Little Rock, Arkansas. This courtroom drama between state-supported "creation science" fundamentalists and ACLU-supported scientists, theologians, and liberal teachers was an engrossing spectacle at the time and has been much talked about since.

Gilkey, a renowned theological writer, brings to life principal characters and entertaining anecdotes from the trial and effortlessly translates the abstract religious concepts of the case into digestible language. Highlighted by a new introduction that takes into account new directions in the creationism debate, this book will once again provoke discussion in classes of theology and religion."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-301).
Originally published: Minneapolis, Minn. : Winston Press, c1985.