Barbara Forrest and Paul R. Gross
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- April 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780195157420
- eISBN:
- 9780199894000
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195157420.003.0008
- Subject:
- Biology, Evolutionary Biology / Genetics
This chapter further examines Phase II of the Wedge Strategy and progresses to Phase III, “Cultural Confrontation and Renewal.” It opens with an analysis of the Discovery Institute’s use of ...
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This chapter further examines Phase II of the Wedge Strategy and progresses to Phase III, “Cultural Confrontation and Renewal.” It opens with an analysis of the Discovery Institute’s use of misleading poll data gathered from commissioned public opinion polls conducted by Zogby International. The discussion of Phase III also includes the strategy of holding conferences at universities where Discovery Institute creationists confront mainstream scientists who follow the naturalistic methodology of modern science. Specific conferences are discussed, including the much-publicized 2000 “Nature of Nature Conference” at Baylor University. The chapter also explains the Discovery Institute’s legal strategy for getting intelligent design into public schools. It concludes with an account of William Dembski’s establishment of the now-defunct Michael Polanyi Center as an intelligent design think tank at Baylor, and his subsequent establishment of a “virtual” Polanyi Center, the International Society for Complexity, Information, and Design (ISCID).Less
This chapter further examines Phase II of the Wedge Strategy and progresses to Phase III, “Cultural Confrontation and Renewal.” It opens with an analysis of the Discovery Institute’s use of misleading poll data gathered from commissioned public opinion polls conducted by Zogby International. The discussion of Phase III also includes the strategy of holding conferences at universities where Discovery Institute creationists confront mainstream scientists who follow the naturalistic methodology of modern science. Specific conferences are discussed, including the much-publicized 2000 “Nature of Nature Conference” at Baylor University. The chapter also explains the Discovery Institute’s legal strategy for getting intelligent design into public schools. It concludes with an account of William Dembski’s establishment of the now-defunct Michael Polanyi Center as an intelligent design think tank at Baylor, and his subsequent establishment of a “virtual” Polanyi Center, the International Society for Complexity, Information, and Design (ISCID).
Sonja Luehrmann
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199943623
- eISBN:
- 9780190255244
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199943623.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History, Historiography
All over the world, critiques of the silences imposed by public archives have led to movements to establish “counter-archives” or “identity archives” presenting the perspective of particular groups. ...
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All over the world, critiques of the silences imposed by public archives have led to movements to establish “counter-archives” or “identity archives” presenting the perspective of particular groups. One example is the Keston Archive and Library, a collection of religious samizdat and documents on the situation of Soviet believers compiled by the Anglican priest Michael Bourdeaux in Great Britain, and currently housed at Baylor University. Keston is a counter-archive not only in terms of its content, but also in its way of organizing and cataloging records. Rather than following the archival principle of provenance, reflecting the bureaucratic agencies that created records, the collection is organized by subject. By preserving the subject categories that interested an original group of users, the archive itself becomes a historical source on the role of Western readers and advocates in shaping our views of religious life in the Soviet Union.Less
All over the world, critiques of the silences imposed by public archives have led to movements to establish “counter-archives” or “identity archives” presenting the perspective of particular groups. One example is the Keston Archive and Library, a collection of religious samizdat and documents on the situation of Soviet believers compiled by the Anglican priest Michael Bourdeaux in Great Britain, and currently housed at Baylor University. Keston is a counter-archive not only in terms of its content, but also in its way of organizing and cataloging records. Rather than following the archival principle of provenance, reflecting the bureaucratic agencies that created records, the collection is organized by subject. By preserving the subject categories that interested an original group of users, the archive itself becomes a historical source on the role of Western readers and advocates in shaping our views of religious life in the Soviet Union.
Joseph Locke
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- June 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780190216283
- eISBN:
- 9780190216313
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190216283.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century, History of Religion
By the turn of the twentieth century, a cohort of clerical activists, plagued by notions of a widespread spiritual crisis, realized that religious authority in public life could be bolstered by the ...
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By the turn of the twentieth century, a cohort of clerical activists, plagued by notions of a widespread spiritual crisis, realized that religious authority in public life could be bolstered by the construction of new and powerful denominational bureaucracies, the pursuit of moral reforms such as prohibition, and by tackling head on the widely held anticlerical fears confronting religious activism in public life. Activists such as Methodist minister George C. Rankin would learn, for instance, that reclaiming historical memory—abolishing hostile associations with witch trials and inquisitions–could convince more and more Texans that government could—and should—be run along religious lines. Moral reform was only the most public manifestation of a brewing clerical movement that targeted the popular religious attitudes of everyday southerners to enable the construction of the Bible Belt.Less
By the turn of the twentieth century, a cohort of clerical activists, plagued by notions of a widespread spiritual crisis, realized that religious authority in public life could be bolstered by the construction of new and powerful denominational bureaucracies, the pursuit of moral reforms such as prohibition, and by tackling head on the widely held anticlerical fears confronting religious activism in public life. Activists such as Methodist minister George C. Rankin would learn, for instance, that reclaiming historical memory—abolishing hostile associations with witch trials and inquisitions–could convince more and more Texans that government could—and should—be run along religious lines. Moral reform was only the most public manifestation of a brewing clerical movement that targeted the popular religious attitudes of everyday southerners to enable the construction of the Bible Belt.
