In USA creationism was virtually restricted to Seventh-day Adventist publications until 1961, when “The Genesis Flood” by Whitcomb and Morris appeared.

The story behind this is a bit involved, but one strong influence was teh revamping of science syllabuses in USA following the first Sputnik in 1957. Americans were shocked that USSR had overtaken them in what they fondly imagined to be supremacy in science and technology. And it was heightened when USSR put a dog into space a few months later – USA had no plans anything like this.

A frantic effort ensued to revitalise science and technology – and part of this was fixing the biology curriculum in schools, where evolution had virtually disappeared from textbooks after the Scopes trial in 1925.

If you want to read what really sparked Morris into writing the book, get hold of a copty of his “History of Modern Creationism” and read the bit where Morris says that reading “The New Geology” by George McCready Price was a “life-changing experience”.

Price got his ideas from Ellen G. White, the “prophetess” of Seventh-day Adventism.

Salaam Ken Smith

— Dr Ken Smith – Christian, husband, unpaid mathematician, skeptic, … `It is entirely possible to be honestly and comprehensively scientific while remaining thoroughly and uncompromisingly Christian. And that is what should have been evident from the beginning.’ V. Elving Anderson