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Kent E. Hovind (born January 15, 1953) is an American Christian fundamentalist evangelist and convicted tax evader.His young Earth creationist ministry focuses on denial of received scientific knowledge in the fields of biology (evolution and abiogenesis), geophysics, and cosmology in favor of a literalist interpretation of the Genesis creation narrative found in the Bible.
The Church of the Nazarene, an evangelical Christian denomination, sees "knowledge acquired by science and human inquiry equal to that acquired by divine revelation," and, while the church "'believes in the Biblical account of creation' and holds that God is the sole creator, it allows latitude 'regarding the "how" of creation.'" [30]
Creation science is based largely upon chapters 1–11 of the Book of Genesis. These describe how God calls the world into existence through the power of speech ("And God said, Let there be light," etc.) in six days, calls all the animals and plants into existence, and molds the first man from clay and the first woman from a rib taken from the man's side; a worldwide flood destroys all life ...
Quarterly Journal of Ideology 30(3/4):1–25. Brown, Edward R. 2008. Our Father's World: Mobilizing the Church to Care for Creation (InterVarsity Press). Guth, J. L., J. C. Green, L. A. Kellstedt, and C. E. Smidt. 1995. "Faith and the environment: religious beliefs and attitudes on environmental policy". American Journal of Political Science 39 ...
Arkansas that dealt with “Balanced Treatment of Creation-Science and Evolution Science in the Public Schools.” [41] The argument had been made in support of creationism that the second law of thermodynamics precludes biogenesis by a natural process; therefore there was a requirement for supernatural events. According to the second law ...
Not to be confused with creative evangelism, creation evangelism uses the truths of modern science [citation needed] to try and demonstrate the scientific accuracy of events described in the Bible, usually those found in Genesis. The evangelist may influence a listener to believe in the existence of God and His certain judgment described in the ...
Kurt Wise, Faith, Form, and Time: What the Bible Teaches and Science Confirms About Creation and the Age of the Universe. B&H Publishing Group, 2002. ISBN 0-8054-2462-8; Kurt Wise and Sheila A. Richardson, Something from Nothing: Understanding What You Believe About Creation and Why. (B&H Publishing Group, January 2004) ISBN 0-8054-2779-1
Creationism is the religious belief that the universe and life originated "from specific acts of divine creation", [1] [2] as opposed to the scientific conclusion that they came about through natural processes such as evolution. [3] Churches address the theological implications raised by creationism and evolution in different ways.