Fundamentalism and Education in the Scopes Era God, Darwin, and the Roots of America's Culture Wars

by Laats, Adam

• ISBN13: 9780230623729
• ISBN10: 0230623727
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-05-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This work explores the wide-ranging educational activism of conservative Protestant fundamentalists in the 1920s.

Author Biography

Adam Laats is Assistant Professor in the School of Education at Binghamton University, State University of New York, where he teaches classes in history and education. He is currently a postdoctoral fellow with the National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Fundamentalism and Fundamentalists
A New Kind of Protestant	p. 11
What's in a Name?	p. 23
God and School
Campus Skirmishes	p. 43
Early Legislative Battles	p. 61
Of Monkeys and Men	p. 77
Monkeys and Modernism
School Legislation after Scopes	p. 99
College Controversies after Scopes	p. 121
Fundamentalists, Bibles, and Schooling in the 1920s	p. 139
Fundamentalism Transformed
Fundamentalists and the New Fundamentalism	p. 159
Fundamentalists Outside the New Fundamentalism	p. 175
Conclusion	p. 189
Epilogue: Into the Future	p. 193
Notes	p. 201
Index	p. 247
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