Annotated Bibliography

 

 

William Dembski (ed.) (1998) Mere Creation. Downers Grove, Ill: InterVarsity Press.
The primary text of the intelligent design movement.
  George Mivart. (1871). On the Genesis of Species. N.Y.: Appleton and Co.
One of the first responses to Darwin is still the best.
  Charles Darwin. (1872). The Origin of Species.
Because what Darwin really said is often misrepresented, you need to read it for yourself.
  Lurie, E: 1988. Louis Agassiz: A Life in Science , Johns Hopkins University Press. This valuable book provides the historical context in which Darwin wrote "The Origin of Species".
  Phillip Johnson. (1991). Darwin on Trial. Downers Grove, Ill: InterVarsity Press.
Exposes prominent neo-darwinists as radical materialists pushing their world-view on the rest of us.
  M. Behe (1996). Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution. New York: Free Press.
Behe points out that the neo-darwinists lack a molecular scenario of random mutations and natural selection to explain the "irreducible complexity" of the molecular machinery that exists in our bodies. However, Behe's explanation of "therefore it must be design" is empty.
  Robert F. DeHaan, "Paradoxes in Darwinian Theory Resolved by a Theory of Macro-Development," Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith 48:154-163. September 1996.
The flagship article on MacroDevelopment. The theory of MacroDevelopment is proposed to solve some of the apparent problems when attempting to reconcile Darwinism with life history, such as: Rapidly appearing body plans of disparate design in the Cambrian, lack of species diversity in the Cambrian, a plethora of species since the Permian, and others.
 

Robert F. DeHaan, "Do Phyletic Lineages Evolve from the Bottom Up of Develop from the Top Down?", Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith 50:260-271. December 1998.
The pattern of appearance of different forms of life on the earth over the eons does not fit that expected from mutation/selection, but rather parallels the pattern of organized individual development. About 50 phyla appear suddenly in the Cambrian without substantial variation. These develop into increasing numbers of classes, orders, families, genera and a plethora of species and varieties.
  Gordon C. Mills, "A Theory of Theistic Evolution as an Alternative to the Naturalistic Theory," Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith 47:112-122.
Another theory consistent with the data in the fossil record, but a multitude of acts of special creation are needed.
 

Robert Rogland, "Pre-Programmed Descent with Modification: Functional Integrity, Intelligent Design, and Natural History", Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith 52:98-106.
This fine article contains the first reference to the theory of MacroDevelopment.
  Hugh Ross (1989). The Fingerprint of God. Orange, CA: Promise Publishing.
The big bang and other features of the cosmos are evidence of a creator.
  Dick Fischer (1996). The Origins Solution. Lima, OH : Fairway Press.
Natural law is the order of the universe except for three acts of special creation: 1) the big bang, 2) primitive life, and 3) Adam and Eve. And Adam was not the first hominid.
  Frances Hitching (1983). The Neck of the Giraffe. New York, NY: Mentor.
A non-creationist dissents from neo-darwinism.
  Gordon Rattray Taylor (1982). The Great Evolution Mystery. London: Secker Warburg.
Another non-creationist dissents from neo-darwinism.
  Thomas Gold (1999). The Deep Hot Biosphere. New York: Springer-Verlag.
Origin of life researchers are looking in the wrong place.
  Young, D.A. (1982). Christianity and the Age of the Earth. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.
This creationist says the earth is old.
  Peter J. Bowler (1983). The Eclipse of Darwinism. Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press.
The evolution controversy one hundred years ago was more sophisticated than today.
  Stephen J. Gould (1989). Wonderful Life. New York and London: W.W. Norton & Co.
Gould gets a little knowledge and thinks he knows the meaning of life (or rather, the lack thereof). The science is good, the philosophy is bad.
  Stephen J. Gould (1980). The Panda's Thumb. New York and London: W.W. Norton & Co.
There are some cute tidbits of natural history here - but the main message seems to be this inane statement by Gould (paraphrased): "Since God did not create the world the way I would have done it, he does not exist."

"It has often been said, that the man of science is a poor philosopher." -Albert Einstein

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