Understanding creation science and intelligent design

Glenn Branch

doi:10.1186/s12052-021-00150-2

Abstract

In American Creationism, Creation Science, and Intelligent Design in the Evangelical Market, Benjamin Huskinson presents a close examination of the two main American sociopolitical movements launched in opposition to evolution during the second half of the twentieth century: creation science and intelligent design. Despite a failure of a central argument and a handful of errors, the book is a welcome and valuable interrogation of the stereotypes of American creationism.

Highlights

In American Creationism, Creation Science, and Intelligent Design in the Evangelical Market, Benjamin Huskinson presents a close examination of the two main American sociopolitical movements launched in opposition to evolution during the second half of the twentieth century: creation science and intelligent design
“Creation science was developed as a response to perceived threats to evangelical orthodoxy” (p. 108), he emphasizes, not as a rival position to balance the teaching of evolution in the public schools— it was so advanced in short order
Huskinson argues convincingly that the career of American creationism was, and continues to be, shaped by competition among creationist organizations for the authority to perform the social functions demanded of creationism

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Introduction

In American Creationism, Creation Science, and Intelligent Design in the Evangelical Market, Benjamin Huskinson presents a close examination of the two main American sociopolitical movements launched in opposition to evolution during the second half of the twentieth century: creation science and intelligent design. Benjamin Huskinson’s book, apparently based on his 2018 dissertation at Queen’s University Belfast, presents a close examination of the two main American sociopolitical movements launched in opposition to evolution during the second half of the twentieth century: creation science and intelligent design.

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