Creationism Comes to Mexico: From Divine Creation to Dinosaurs in Zacatecas, Mexico

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Abstract Summary

C​reationism goes global. Alt​hough there is no influential creationism in Mexico,​ like the one existing ​in the United States and other countries​, scientific creationism has been promoted in churches, schools and bible workshops in the last three decades. In this flash talk, I will make a quick reference to the legal and political context that has allowed this change of affairs that challenges the strong secular tradition in public education, and call attention to two influential representatives of this movement: Mexican creationist Ruben Berra, and John Morris Pendleton, an American scientific creationist who is looking for dinosaurs in the state of Zacatecas, in order to show the world is 6,000 years old. 

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HSS49110
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Contemporary
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Creationism
National Autonomous University of Mexico

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