Author: Kathleen C. Oberlin
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1479881643
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Investigates how the Christian fundamentalist movement brings Creationism into the mainstream through a Kentucky museum In Creating the Creation Museum, Kathleen C. Oberlin shows us how the largest Creationist organization, Answers in Genesis (AiG), built a museum—which has had over three million visitors—to make its movement mainstream. She takes us behind the scenes, vividly bringing the museum to life by detailing its infamous exhibits on human fossils, dinosaur remains, and more. Drawing on over three years of research at the Creation Museum, where she was granted rare access to AiG’s leadership, Oberlin examines how the museum convincingly reframes scientific facts, such as modeling itself on traditional natural history museums. Through a unique historical dataset of over 1,000 internal documents from creationist organizations and an analysis of media coverage, Creating the Creation Museum shows how the museum works as a site of social movement activity and a place to contest the secular mainstream. Oberlin ultimately argues that the Creation Museum has real-world consequences in today’s polarized era.
Creating the Creation Museum
Author: Kathleen C. Oberlin
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1479881643
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Investigates how the Christian fundamentalist movement brings Creationism into the mainstream through a Kentucky museum In Creating the Creation Museum, Kathleen C. Oberlin shows us how the largest Creationist organization, Answers in Genesis (AiG), built a museum—which has had over three million visitors—to make its movement mainstream. She takes us behind the scenes, vividly bringing the museum to life by detailing its infamous exhibits on human fossils, dinosaur remains, and more. Drawing on over three years of research at the Creation Museum, where she was granted rare access to AiG’s leadership, Oberlin examines how the museum convincingly reframes scientific facts, such as modeling itself on traditional natural history museums. Through a unique historical dataset of over 1,000 internal documents from creationist organizations and an analysis of media coverage, Creating the Creation Museum shows how the museum works as a site of social movement activity and a place to contest the secular mainstream. Oberlin ultimately argues that the Creation Museum has real-world consequences in today’s polarized era.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1479881643
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Investigates how the Christian fundamentalist movement brings Creationism into the mainstream through a Kentucky museum In Creating the Creation Museum, Kathleen C. Oberlin shows us how the largest Creationist organization, Answers in Genesis (AiG), built a museum—which has had over three million visitors—to make its movement mainstream. She takes us behind the scenes, vividly bringing the museum to life by detailing its infamous exhibits on human fossils, dinosaur remains, and more. Drawing on over three years of research at the Creation Museum, where she was granted rare access to AiG’s leadership, Oberlin examines how the museum convincingly reframes scientific facts, such as modeling itself on traditional natural history museums. Through a unique historical dataset of over 1,000 internal documents from creationist organizations and an analysis of media coverage, Creating the Creation Museum shows how the museum works as a site of social movement activity and a place to contest the secular mainstream. Oberlin ultimately argues that the Creation Museum has real-world consequences in today’s polarized era.
Creation Museum Signs
Author: Answers in Genesis
Publisher: Master Books
ISBN: 9781683441793
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
TAKE THE FAITH-BUILDING TEACHINGS OF THE CREATION MUSEUM EXHIBITS HOME WITH YOU.The Creation Museum in Kentucky is the perfect place to discover the true history of our world. Filled with world class exhibits, the museum takes guests on a tour through the Seven C's of History beginning in Genesis, showing the historical and scientific accuracy of Scripture. The biblical worldview provides the proper foundation for science while the naturalistic evolutionary worldview cannot account for intelligence, order, and every other condition necessary for scientific discovery. There is so much to see and learn that it can be difficult to remember it all. But now, with Creation Museum Signs, you can take the teachings home in one easy-to-use resource.Why is the Bible our authority and can it be trusted in every area?Did dinosaurs really live at the same time as man and were they on the Ark?How did Jesus Christ, the Last Adam, solve the problems introduced by the sin of the first man Adam?This resource gives readers a detailed look at the Creation Museum, opens the door for further study, and makes a great companion to the Ark Signs book.
Publisher: Master Books
ISBN: 9781683441793
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
TAKE THE FAITH-BUILDING TEACHINGS OF THE CREATION MUSEUM EXHIBITS HOME WITH YOU.The Creation Museum in Kentucky is the perfect place to discover the true history of our world. Filled with world class exhibits, the museum takes guests on a tour through the Seven C's of History beginning in Genesis, showing the historical and scientific accuracy of Scripture. The biblical worldview provides the proper foundation for science while the naturalistic evolutionary worldview cannot account for intelligence, order, and every other condition necessary for scientific discovery. There is so much to see and learn that it can be difficult to remember it all. But now, with Creation Museum Signs, you can take the teachings home in one easy-to-use resource.Why is the Bible our authority and can it be trusted in every area?Did dinosaurs really live at the same time as man and were they on the Ark?How did Jesus Christ, the Last Adam, solve the problems introduced by the sin of the first man Adam?This resource gives readers a detailed look at the Creation Museum, opens the door for further study, and makes a great companion to the Ark Signs book.
Righting America at the Creation Museum
Author: Susan L. Trollinger
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 142141953X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
What does the popularity of the Creation Museum tell us about the appeal of the Christian right? On May 28, 2007, the Creation Museum opened in Petersburg, Kentucky. Aimed at scientifically demonstrating that the universe was created less than ten thousand years ago by a Judeo-Christian god, the museum is hugely popular, attracting millions of visitors over the past eight years. Surrounded by themed topiary gardens and a petting zoo with camel rides, the site conjures up images of a religious Disneyland. Inside, visitors are met by dinosaurs at every turn and by a replica of the Garden of Eden that features the Tree of Life, the serpent, and Adam and Eve. In Righting America at the Creation Museum, Susan L. Trollinger and William Vance Trollinger, Jr., take readers on a fascinating tour of the museum. The Trollingers vividly describe and analyze its vast array of exhibits, placards, dioramas, and videos, from the Culture in Crisis Room, where videos depict sinful characters watching pornography or considering abortion, to the Natural Selection Room, where placards argue that natural selection doesn’t lead to evolution. The book also traces the rise of creationism and the history of fundamentalism in America. This compelling book reveals that the Creation Museum is a remarkably complex phenomenon, at once a “natural history” museum at odds with contemporary science, an extended brief for the Bible as the literally true and errorless word of God, and a powerful and unflinching argument on behalf of the Christian right.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 142141953X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
What does the popularity of the Creation Museum tell us about the appeal of the Christian right? On May 28, 2007, the Creation Museum opened in Petersburg, Kentucky. Aimed at scientifically demonstrating that the universe was created less than ten thousand years ago by a Judeo-Christian god, the museum is hugely popular, attracting millions of visitors over the past eight years. Surrounded by themed topiary gardens and a petting zoo with camel rides, the site conjures up images of a religious Disneyland. Inside, visitors are met by dinosaurs at every turn and by a replica of the Garden of Eden that features the Tree of Life, the serpent, and Adam and Eve. In Righting America at the Creation Museum, Susan L. Trollinger and William Vance Trollinger, Jr., take readers on a fascinating tour of the museum. The Trollingers vividly describe and analyze its vast array of exhibits, placards, dioramas, and videos, from the Culture in Crisis Room, where videos depict sinful characters watching pornography or considering abortion, to the Natural Selection Room, where placards argue that natural selection doesn’t lead to evolution. The book also traces the rise of creationism and the history of fundamentalism in America. This compelling book reveals that the Creation Museum is a remarkably complex phenomenon, at once a “natural history” museum at odds with contemporary science, an extended brief for the Bible as the literally true and errorless word of God, and a powerful and unflinching argument on behalf of the Christian right.
The Complete Creation Museum Adventure
Author: Ken Ham
Publisher: New Leaf Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780890515389
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
The second book in the best-selling Complete Adventure series is designed by the creative folks at Answers in Genesis. This unique "field trip in a book" focuses on the exciting new Creation Museum just 7 miles west of the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. Visitors explore dinosaur exhibits, video theaters, a petting zoo, a state-of-the-art planetarium and much more.
Publisher: New Leaf Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780890515389
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
The second book in the best-selling Complete Adventure series is designed by the creative folks at Answers in Genesis. This unique "field trip in a book" focuses on the exciting new Creation Museum just 7 miles west of the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. Visitors explore dinosaur exhibits, video theaters, a petting zoo, a state-of-the-art planetarium and much more.
Creating the Creation Museum
Author: Kathleen C. Oberlin
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1479861812
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Investigates how the Christian fundamentalist movement brings Creationism into the mainstream through a Kentucky museum In Creating the Creation Museum, Kathleen C. Oberlin shows us how the largest Creationist organization, Answers in Genesis (AiG), built a museum—which has had over three million visitors—to make its movement mainstream. She takes us behind the scenes, vividly bringing the museum to life by detailing its infamous exhibits on human fossils, dinosaur remains, and more. Drawing on over three years of research at the Creation Museum, where she was granted rare access to AiG’s leadership, Oberlin examines how the museum convincingly reframes scientific facts, such as modeling itself on traditional natural history museums. Through a unique historical dataset of over 1,000 internal documents from creationist organizations and an analysis of media coverage, Creating the Creation Museum shows how the museum works as a site of social movement activity and a place to contest the secular mainstream. Oberlin ultimately argues that the Creation Museum has real-world consequences in today’s polarized era.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1479861812
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Investigates how the Christian fundamentalist movement brings Creationism into the mainstream through a Kentucky museum In Creating the Creation Museum, Kathleen C. Oberlin shows us how the largest Creationist organization, Answers in Genesis (AiG), built a museum—which has had over three million visitors—to make its movement mainstream. She takes us behind the scenes, vividly bringing the museum to life by detailing its infamous exhibits on human fossils, dinosaur remains, and more. Drawing on over three years of research at the Creation Museum, where she was granted rare access to AiG’s leadership, Oberlin examines how the museum convincingly reframes scientific facts, such as modeling itself on traditional natural history museums. Through a unique historical dataset of over 1,000 internal documents from creationist organizations and an analysis of media coverage, Creating the Creation Museum shows how the museum works as a site of social movement activity and a place to contest the secular mainstream. Oberlin ultimately argues that the Creation Museum has real-world consequences in today’s polarized era.
Ark Encounter
Author: James S. Bielo
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1479842796
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
"Opened in July 2016, Ark Encounter is a creationist theme park in Kentucky. It features a re-creation of Noah's ark, built to full scale to creationist specifications drawn from Genesis, as well as exhibits that imagine the Bible's account of life before the flood." --Back cover.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1479842796
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
"Opened in July 2016, Ark Encounter is a creationist theme park in Kentucky. It features a re-creation of Noah's ark, built to full scale to creationist specifications drawn from Genesis, as well as exhibits that imagine the Bible's account of life before the flood." --Back cover.
Absotively, Posilutely Best Evidence for Creation
Author: Carl Kerby
Publisher: New Leaf Publishing Group
ISBN: 1614582971
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
Created from the most popular “Best Evidences” presentation of one of AiG's most prolific speakers, The Absotively, Posilutely Best Evidence That God Created is a delightful story with a challenge: find the absolute best evidence that God created the world! Designed for children ages 8 to 14 and written in an entertaining style, the story shares the search for answers by students in a Sunday school class. They learn that the best evidence isn't always what you see – but the answer was there in front of them all along!
Publisher: New Leaf Publishing Group
ISBN: 1614582971
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
Created from the most popular “Best Evidences” presentation of one of AiG's most prolific speakers, The Absotively, Posilutely Best Evidence That God Created is a delightful story with a challenge: find the absolute best evidence that God created the world! Designed for children ages 8 to 14 and written in an entertaining style, the story shares the search for answers by students in a Sunday school class. They learn that the best evidence isn't always what you see – but the answer was there in front of them all along!
Journey Through the Ark Encounter
Author: Answers in Genesis
Publisher: New Leaf Publishing Group
ISBN: 1683440129
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 21
Book Description
Step back in time and explore one of the best-known biblical events at the Ark Encounter! Be transported back in time to meet Noah and his seven other family members, who lived aboard the Ark and cared for all the animals during the Flood. See what their living quarters may have looked like, what they could have brought on board, and even what kinds of clothing they wore. At 510 feet long, 51 feet high, and 85 feet wide, Noah’s Ark stretched an American football field and a half long. The Ark built in Kentucky is the largest timber frame structure in the world, built from standing dead timber, in part by skilled Amish craftsmen. It is an architectural and engineering wonder containing three decks of world class exhibits. Whether or not you have visited the Ark Encounter, this book will guide you step-by-step through this faith-affirming wonder. Many of the animals that lived during Noah’s lifetime didn’t look much like the animals we see today. Prepare to have your expectations challenged by a host of incredibly lifelike sculpted animals, along with exotic live animals from around the world in Ararat Ridge Zoo. Plus, you’ll learn how Noah could have cared for all the animals and how the Ark was big enough to fit them all on board. See what is being called the “eighth wonder of the world.” Over 300,000 visitors from around the world have visited the Ark since its opening in July of 2016Words used to describe the Ark Encounter: Huge! Impressive! Bigger than imagined! Breathtaking! Beautiful! Amazing!Have you ever seen a thylacosmilid, entelodont, or chalicothere? These are just a few of the unfamiliar animals you can see and learn about in the Ark!
Publisher: New Leaf Publishing Group
ISBN: 1683440129
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 21
Book Description
Step back in time and explore one of the best-known biblical events at the Ark Encounter! Be transported back in time to meet Noah and his seven other family members, who lived aboard the Ark and cared for all the animals during the Flood. See what their living quarters may have looked like, what they could have brought on board, and even what kinds of clothing they wore. At 510 feet long, 51 feet high, and 85 feet wide, Noah’s Ark stretched an American football field and a half long. The Ark built in Kentucky is the largest timber frame structure in the world, built from standing dead timber, in part by skilled Amish craftsmen. It is an architectural and engineering wonder containing three decks of world class exhibits. Whether or not you have visited the Ark Encounter, this book will guide you step-by-step through this faith-affirming wonder. Many of the animals that lived during Noah’s lifetime didn’t look much like the animals we see today. Prepare to have your expectations challenged by a host of incredibly lifelike sculpted animals, along with exotic live animals from around the world in Ararat Ridge Zoo. Plus, you’ll learn how Noah could have cared for all the animals and how the Ark was big enough to fit them all on board. See what is being called the “eighth wonder of the world.” Over 300,000 visitors from around the world have visited the Ark since its opening in July of 2016Words used to describe the Ark Encounter: Huge! Impressive! Bigger than imagined! Breathtaking! Beautiful! Amazing!Have you ever seen a thylacosmilid, entelodont, or chalicothere? These are just a few of the unfamiliar animals you can see and learn about in the Ark!
Four Views on Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design
Author: Zondervan,
Publisher: Zondervan Academic
ISBN: 0310080983
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Evolution--or the broader topic of origins--has enormous relevance to how we understand the Christian faith and how we interpret Scripture. Four Views on Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design presents the current "state of the conversation" about origins among evangelicals representing four key positions: Young Earth Creationism - Ken Ham (Answers in Genesis) Old Earth (Progressive) Creationism - Hugh Ross (Reasons to Believe) Evolutionary Creation - Deborah B. Haarsma (BioLogos) Intelligent Design - Stephen C. Meyer (The Discovery Institute) The contributors offer their best defense of their position addressing questions such as: What is your position on origins - understood broadly to include the physical universe, life, and human beings in particular? What do you take to be the most persuasive arguments in defense of your position? How do you demarcate and correlate evidence about origins from current science and from divine revelation? What hinges on answering these questions correctly? This book allows each contributor to not only present the case for his or her view, but also to critique and respond to the critiques of the other contributors, allowing you to compare their beliefs in an open forum setting to see where they overlap and where they differ.
Publisher: Zondervan Academic
ISBN: 0310080983
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Evolution--or the broader topic of origins--has enormous relevance to how we understand the Christian faith and how we interpret Scripture. Four Views on Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design presents the current "state of the conversation" about origins among evangelicals representing four key positions: Young Earth Creationism - Ken Ham (Answers in Genesis) Old Earth (Progressive) Creationism - Hugh Ross (Reasons to Believe) Evolutionary Creation - Deborah B. Haarsma (BioLogos) Intelligent Design - Stephen C. Meyer (The Discovery Institute) The contributors offer their best defense of their position addressing questions such as: What is your position on origins - understood broadly to include the physical universe, life, and human beings in particular? What do you take to be the most persuasive arguments in defense of your position? How do you demarcate and correlate evidence about origins from current science and from divine revelation? What hinges on answering these questions correctly? This book allows each contributor to not only present the case for his or her view, but also to critique and respond to the critiques of the other contributors, allowing you to compare their beliefs in an open forum setting to see where they overlap and where they differ.
Creating the Visitor-Centered Museum
Author: Peter Samis
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315530996
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
What does the transformation to a visitor-centered approach do for a museum? How are museums made relevant to a broad range of visitors of varying ages, identities, and social classes? Does appealing to a larger audience force museums to "dumb down" their work? What internal changes are required? Based on a multi-year Kress Foundation-sponsored study of 20 innovative American and European collections-based museums recognized by their peers to be visitor-centered, Peter Samis and Mimi Michaelson answer these key questions for the field. The book describes key institutions that have opened the doors to a wider range of visitors; addresses the internal struggles to reorganize and democratize these institutions; uses case studies, interviews of key personnel, Key Takeaways, and additional resources to help museum professionals implement a visitor-centered approach in collections-based institutions
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315530996
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
What does the transformation to a visitor-centered approach do for a museum? How are museums made relevant to a broad range of visitors of varying ages, identities, and social classes? Does appealing to a larger audience force museums to "dumb down" their work? What internal changes are required? Based on a multi-year Kress Foundation-sponsored study of 20 innovative American and European collections-based museums recognized by their peers to be visitor-centered, Peter Samis and Mimi Michaelson answer these key questions for the field. The book describes key institutions that have opened the doors to a wider range of visitors; addresses the internal struggles to reorganize and democratize these institutions; uses case studies, interviews of key personnel, Key Takeaways, and additional resources to help museum professionals implement a visitor-centered approach in collections-based institutions