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Creationist positions

Tom Kaden

pp. 9-20

As mentioned above, there are many forms of "creationism" in the United States, and I think it is important for any social scientific analysis of creationism to first try and understand what these different ideas are about. This is because (and I hope to be able to show this further below) the kinds of ideas creationists harbor have a strong influence on what they are willing and able to do in order to promote them. If you think the other creationists are actually completely wrong and maybe not even Christian, you will find it hard to enter into coalitions with them. If the point of your creationist system is to spread the truth of the Bible, then you will have a harder time getting into public schools than if you focus on a few scientific issues, leaving questions of Biblical interpretation aside.

Publication details

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-99380-5_2

Full citation:

Kaden, T. (2019). Creationist positions, in Creationism and anti-creationism in the United States, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 9-20.

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