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Morris set up the Creation Science Research Center (CSRC), an organization dominated by Baptists, as an adjunct to the Christian Heritage College. [27] The CSRC rushed publication of biology text books that promoted creationism. [27] These efforts were against the recommendations of Morris, who urged a more cautious and scientific approach. [27]
Walter T. Brown (born August 1937) is an American engineer, author, and young Earth creationist who is the director of his own ministry called the Center for Scientific Creation. The Skeptic's Dictionary considers him to be one of the leaders of the creation science movement. [1] He proposes a specific version of flood geology called the ...
Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States is a 2017 book by James C. Scott that sets out to undermine what he calls the "standard civilizational narrative" that suggests humans chose to live settled lives based on intensive agriculture because this made people safer and more prosperous. [1]
Joseph Ellis in 2007. Joseph Ellis is an American professor of history who held an endowed Ford Foundation Chair at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts.His previous works on the Founding Fathers had received several awards, including a 1997 National Book Award for American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson and the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for History for his Founding Brothers: The ...
The book was released as several states, particularly Texas and Florida, considered revisions in state science standards. [8] A study at Arizona State University used the book as part of a two-week module, within an introductory biology course, focusing on science, evolution, and religion. The percentage of students who held the view that there ...
Although Howe claims to "not argue a thesis" in the book, reviewers conclude that What Hath God Wrought implicitly (and sometimes explicitly) works to argue against the "market revolution" thesis promoted by Charles Sellers's 1991 book of the same title.
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On August 8, 2008, Judge Otero entered summary judgment against plaintiff ACSI, upholding the University of California's standards. [44] The university found the books "didn't encourage critical thinking skills and failed to cover 'major topics, themes and components' of U.S. history" and were thus ill-suited to prepare students for college. [44]