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5.5 X 10 Three Lines.P65 Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-19153-1 - Marketing Intelligent Design: Law and the Creationist Agenda Frank S. Ravitch Index More information Index Abington Tp. v. Schempp, 252 gap arguments and, 31 accommodationism, 80, 83 ID movement and, 223 Agostini v. Felton, 70, 71, 86 irreducible complexity and, 28 alchemy, 49, 171, 192 Miller on, 29, 197 American Center for Law and mousetrap analogy, 28 Justice, 251 Paley and, 30, 167 Aquinas, T., 19, 26, 169, 207 supernatural and, 49, 65, 210 Aristotle, 55 Bell, G., 227, 233 astrology, 20, 49, 160, 171, 192, Berger, J., xiii 196 Bible, 9, 13, 33, 110. See also atheism, 50, 129, 134, 146, 151 specific topics Big D, 25, 39 Balanced Treatment Act existence of, 25, 41, 49, 53 Edwards and. See Edwards v. falsification and, 101 Aguillard gaps and, 31, 116, 133, 141 public schools and, 8, 12, 76 God and, 22, 27, 32, 96, 120, 205 teach the controversy and, 92 ID movement and, 79, 119, 141, Behe, M., 167 210, 211 Darwin’s Black Box, 28 paradigm shifts and, 39 333 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-19153-1 - Marketing Intelligent Design: Law and the Creationist Agenda Frank S. Ravitch Index More information Index Big D (cont.) school prayer and, 77, 78 probability of, 7, 31, 135, 140, statement of, 76 144 complexity, 31, 149, 224 proof game and, 25 Behe and, 28, 29 public schools and, 216 Dawkins and, 135 relativism and, 53, 54 Dembski and, 30 role of, 141 design and, 26, 135 supernatural and. See God and, 3, 202 supernatural irreducible, 25, 27, 29, 32, 36 theistic evolution and, 122 naturalism and, 20 Biologic Institute, 222 Paley and, 26, 149 Discovery Institute and, 224, specified, 27, 30, 32 247 Copernicus, 207 ID movement and, 222, 226, 239 cosmology, 2, 138, 143 role of, 225 creation science science and, 224, 225, 228, 246, aims of, 9, 12 247 balanced treatment and,.See statement of, 225 Balanced Treatment Act Wedge strategy and. See Wedge creationism and, 12, 15, 117, strategy 203 Bishop v. Aronov, 178, 179, 180, Edwards and. See Edwards v. 182, 188, 190 Aguillard Boudreaux, E., 11 ID and, 195, 208, 223, 247 Bruno, G., 206 naturalism and, 166 Bush,G.W.,213, 221 primer on, 8 science and, 223 Center for the Renewal of Science supernatural and, 11, 14 and Culture (CRSC), 17, 18, theistic evolution, 140 169 Creationism’s Trojan Horse Cicero, 26, 169, 207 (Forrest/Gross), 15, 18 coercion test, 76, 189, 193 creationists, 14, 202. See also Establishment Clause and, 86, specific cases, topics 189 apologist tradition and, 16, 204 indirect coercion, 76 balanced treatment and. See Jones II and, 256 Balanced Treatment Act 334 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-19153-1 - Marketing Intelligent Design: Law and the Creationist Agenda Frank S. Ravitch Index More information Index creation science and. See God and, 135, 136, 137, 139, 143, creation science 144, 150 date of creation, 9, 125, 245 ID and, 134, 135, 139, 147, Edwards and. See Edwards v. 236 Aguillard Miller and, 154 endorsement and, 73. See also myth and, 134 endorsement test positivism and, 147 Episcopal Church and, 125 probabilities and, 7, 50, 135, Epperson and, 12, 14, 203 150 Genesis and, 110, 125, 201 proof game and, 140, 142 God and. See God theistic evolution and, 137, 151, ID movement and, 3, 9, 12, 211, 152 212 demarcation, of science, 55, 165 natural theology and, 205 Dembski, W., 30 old earth, 9, 33, 113, 201, 204, Dennett, D., 7, 50 208, 211 DeWolf, D. K., 16 public schools and, 2, 9, 169, 204 disciplinary boundaries, 165 Supreme Court and, 8. See also Discovery Institute, 224 specific cases Biologic Institute and. See theistic evolution and, 115, 122 Biologic Institute young earth, 9, 33, 113, 201, 203, Center for Scientific Study and, 208, 211, 245 163, 235, 236 CRSC. See Center for the Renewal CRSC and, 17, 18, 169 of Science and Culture funding from, 210 ID and, 169, 221 Darwin on Trial (Johnson), 17, Kansas decision and, 218 209 Kitzmiller and, 214, 218 Darwin, C., 26, 149, 207. See also teach the controversy and, 218 evolution Wedge strategy. See Wedge Darwin’s Black Box (Behe). See strategy Behe, M. discrimination, 62, 157, 194 Dawkins, R., 6, 7, 133, 236 definition of, 160 complexity and, 135 Establishment Clause and, 104 Darwin and, 149 dualism, 116, 130 faith and, 153 Due Process rights, 68, 186 335 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-19153-1 - Marketing Intelligent Design: Law and the Creationist Agenda Frank S. Ravitch Index More information Index Edwards v. Aguillard, 65, 190, 259 Episcopal Church, 125 Balanced Treatment Act and, 10, epistemology, 57 12, 14, 69, 92 Kuhn and, 48 creation science and, 9, 72, 264 normal science and, 52 endorsement and, 72, 75 Quine and, 48 Epperson decision and, 14, 259 relativism and, 44, 107 Establishment Clause and, 67, Epperson v. Arkansas, 13, 96 167 creationism and, 12, 14, 203, 205 falsifiability and, 18 Establishment Clause and, 67, God and, 15 70 ID movement and, 10, 205, 264 ID movement and, 259 Johnson on, 17 teach the controversy and, 92 Kitzmiller and, 226, 259 equal access, 62, 84, 85, 102 Lemon test and, 75, 76 Establishment Clause, 12, 61, 67, public schools and, 169 167 science and, 22 accomodation and, 80, 83 Supreme Court and, 10 apologetics and, 18, 63 endorsement test, 69, 72 coercion test and, 86, 189 coercion and, 189 demarcation and, 55, 165 creation science and, 73 discrimination and, 104 Edwards and, 72, 75 Edwards and, 67 effects and, 88 endorsement test and, 86, 87, Epperson and, 92 189 Establishment Clause and, 73, Epperson and, 67, 70 74, 86, 87, 189 equality principle and, 85, 86 ID and, 78, 87, 88, 93 Everson and, 67, 80 Kitzmiller and. See Kitzmiller v. First Amendment and, 67 Dover Area School District general principles, 79 Lemon test and, 68, 73, 74, 75, ID and, 19, 188 89, 90, 189, 254 Jones II opinion, 254 Lynch v. Donnelly and, 73 Kitzmiller and, 63, 66, 86, 91 O’Connor and, 72 Lemon test and, 86, 87, 189, 191 school prayer and, 76, 256 liberty and, 85 university and, 190 marketing strategy and, 213 Engel v. Vitale, 252 meaning of, 80 336 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-19153-1 - Marketing Intelligent Design: Law and the Creationist Agenda Frank S. Ravitch Index More information Index O’Connor and, 73 theism and. See theistic public schools and, 63, 65, 105, evolution 164 existence, question of, 130 school prayer and, 255 Expelled (movie), 8, 17, 157, 216, Selman and, 91 221 separation and, 80, 82 state law and, 68 faith, x, 140, 204 supernatural causation and, 96 Dawkins and, 153 teachers and, 99 evolution and, 127, 209 universities and, 188 materialism and, 3 Everson v. Board of Education, 67, proof and, 119, 147 80 falsifiability, 40, 100, 176 evolution, 2, 5, 7, 23, 90 Finding Darwin’s God (Miller), 21, Big D and, 31, 116, 133, 141 124 complexity and. See complexity First Amendment rights, 61, 67, Darwin and, 26, 149, 207 176, 181, 184 evidence and, 119 Flying Spaghetti Monster, 32, 49, faith and, 127, 209 54, 96, 166 God and, 3, 121.SeeGod, Forrest, B., 15 theistic evolution Fourteenth Amendment, 67, 68 ID movement and, 18, 94, 195, Free Exercise Clause, 83, 86, 241.Seespecific topics 192 materialism and, 96.See free speech, 101, 108, 180, 192 materialism natural selection. See natural Gadamer, H.-G., 114 selection Galileo, 127, 206, 207 naturalism and, 96. See also gap arguments, 31, 116, 133, 141, naturalism 195 proof game and, 33. See also God proof game Bible and, 113 public view of, 245 Big D and, 22, 27, 32, 96, 120, supernatural and, 116.See 205 supernatural Christian apologetics and, 160 teach the controversy. See teach complexity and, 30, 202. See also the controversy complexity 337 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-19153-1 - Marketing Intelligent Design: Law and the Creationist Agenda Frank S. Ravitch Index More information Index God (cont.) precommitments of, 153 creation and, 118, 206, 207.See science and, 134, 140, 144 creationists supernatural and, 138 cultural view of, 142 Wilson and, 229, 241 Dawkins and, 135, 150 Gonzales, G., 25, 198 dualism and, 116, 130 Gould, S. J., 223 Edwards and, 264 Gross, P. R., 15 evolution and, 3, 121, 143.See also evolution Haught, J., 167 existence of, 51, 141, 142, 152, hermeneutics, x, 114 153 Hitchens, C., 138 gaps and, 33 Humanist Manifesto, 6 Genesis and, 110 ID and, xi, 3, 22, 64, 212, 265 Institute for Creation Research, literalism and, 112, 113, 114, 169 203 Intelligent Design (ID) movement, metaphysics and, 146, 154 14, 33, 78, 99, 117. See also myth and, 134 specific cases, organizations, Paley and, 202, 207 persons, topics probability of, 134, 135, 136, apologetics and, ix, 16, 18, 30, 142 63, 119, 145, 149, 166, 202, science and, 118, 119, 126, 263 136 assumptions of, 17, 20 supernatural and, 97, 138.See Big D and, 25, 41, 49, 141, 211. supernatural See Big D theistic evolution and. See Biologic Institute and. See theistic evolution Biologic Institute Wedge strategy and. See Wedge Bush and, 221 strategy creationism and, 3, 9, 12, 211. Genesis, 110, 125, 201.
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