When All the Gods Trembled - Darwinism, Scopes, and American Intellectuals

Informationen zum Autor Paul K. Conkin is distinguished professor of history at Vanderbilt University. He is the author of numerous books, including most recently American Originals (A History Book Club Main Selection, ISBN 0-8078-4649-X) and The Uneasy Center (0-8078-4492-6). Klappentext When All the Gods Trembled narrates the drama of the famous Scopes 'Monkey Trial, ' and describes the varied attempts by early 20th century Americans to accommodate Darwinism into their religious traditions. Conkin's sweeping narrative about this complex relationship is destined to change the way all Americans think about Darwin, the Scopes trial, and American religious and intellectual thought Zusammenfassung In this text! Paul Conkin focuses his analysis on the numerous challenges in the late 19th and early 20th century to age-old beliefs in the existence of a god! in a world that exhibits some intrinsic or extrinsic purpose! in the divine origin and destiny of humans! and in transcendent moral values. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction: Christian Cosmologies Chapter 3 What Darwin Wrought Chapter 4 Evangelicals, Fundamentals, and Modernists Chapter 5 The Scopes Trial Chapter 6 A Dialogue among Christian Intellectuals Chapter 7 Beyond Theism Chapter 8 The Gods Still Tremble: An Update Chapter 9 Index

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• Autori: Paul Conkin, Paul K Conkin, Paul K. Conkin, Paul K. (Distinguished Professor of Histor Conkin, Paul Keith Conkin
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 26.08.2001
• EAN: 9780847690640
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-9064-0
• Pagine: 208
• Serie: American Intellectual Culture; American Intellectual Culture
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; USA, RELIGION / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, Religion: general, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas