Intelligent Design Creationism and Its Critics

The last decade saw the arrival of a new player in the creation/evolution debatethe intelligent design creationism (IDC) movement whose strategy is to act as the wedge to overturn Darwinism and scientific naturalism. This anthology of writings by prominent creationists and their critics focuses on what is novel about the new movement. It serves as a companion to Robert Pennock''s Tower of Babel in which he criticizes the wedge movement as well as other new varieties of creationism. The book contains articles previously published in specialized hard-to-find journals as well as new contributions. Each section contains introductory background information articles by influential creationists and their critics and in some cases responses by the creationists. The discussions cover IDC as a political movement IDC''s philosophical attack on evolution the theological debate over the apparent conflict between evolution and the Bible IDC''s scientific claims and philosopher Alvin Plantinga''s critique of naturalism and evolution. The book concludes with Pennock''s Why Creationism Should Not Be Taught in the Public Schools.