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005			20251028093424.0
008			161018s2017 nyu b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2016047742
035			_a(Sirsi) i9781479827138
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020			_a9781479827138 _q(cl ; _qalk. paper)
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035			_a(OCoLC)961160480
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050	0	0	_aBL 240.3 _b.A48 2017
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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 : _bNew York University Press, _c2017
300			_ax, 243 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 227-237) and index.
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.
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.
650		0	_aReligion and science.
650		0	_aChristian conservatism.
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