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020 _a9781479866250
020 _z9781479827138
035 _a(OCoLC)1080550786
040 _aMdBmJHUP
_cMdBmJHUP
100 1 _aAlumkal, Antony William,
_d1969-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aParanoid Science :
_bThe Christian Right's War on Reality /
_cAntony Alumkal.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bNYU Press,
_c2017.
264 3 _aBaltimore, Md. :
_bProject MUSE,
_c2019
264 4 _c©2017.
300 _a1 online resource (256 pages).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
505 0 _aFear of a Darwinist culture: the intelligent design movement -- Sex, sin, and science: the persistence of the ex-gay movement -- "Our way or a brave new world": Christian right bioethics -- Seeing red over green evangelicals: the crusade against environmentalism.
506 0 _aOpen Access
_fUnrestricted online access
_2star
520 8 _aExplores the Christian Right's fierce opposition to science, explaining how and why its leaders came to see scientific truths as their enemy. For decades, the Christian Right's high-profile clashes with science have made national headlines. From attempts to ban the teaching of evolution in public schools to climate change denial, efforts to "cure" gay people, and opposition to stem cell research, the Christian Right has battled against science. How did this hostility begin and, more importantly, why has it endured? Antony Alumkal provides a comprehensive background on the war on science--how it developed and why it will continue to endure. Drawing upon Richard Hofstadter's influential 1965 essay "The Paranoid Style in American Politics," Antony Alumkal argues that the Christian Right adopts a similar paranoid style in their approach to science. Alumkal demonstrates that Christian Right leaders see conspiracies within the scientific establishment, with scientists not only peddling fraudulent information, but actively concealing their true motives from the American public and threatening to destroy the moral foundation of society. By rejecting science, Christian Right leaders create their own alternative reality, one that does not challenge their literal reading of the Bible. While Alumkal recognizes the many evangelicals who oppose the Christian Right's agenda, he also highlights the consequences of the war on reality - both for the evangelical community and the broader American public
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 7 _aReligion and science.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01093848
650 7 _aChristian conservatism.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst00858959
650 7 _aRELIGION
_xReligion, Politics & State.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aRELIGION
_xChristianity
_xGeneral.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aRELIGION
_xChristian Life
_xSocial Issues.
_2bisacsh
650 6 _aConservatisme chretien.
650 6 _aReligion et sciences.
650 0 _aChristian conservatism.
650 0 _aReligion and science.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aProject Muse.
_edistributor
830 0 _aBook collections on Project MUSE.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/59433/
945 _aProject MUSE - 2017 Philosophy and Religion Supplement
945 _aProject MUSE - 2017 Complete Supplement
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