Storms Over Genesis: Biblical Battleground in America's Wars of ReligionIn one of history's discouraging ironies, just as the academic study of the Pentateuch revealed the multilayered composition of Genesis and separated it from scientific and dogmatic accounts of creation, Genesis became and remains a lightning rod of controversy in America's century long battle over Christian identity and commitments. No words ever recorded have had as much influence upon human affairs as those of the first three chapters of Genesis.