Intelligent design creationism and its critics: philosophical, theological, and scientific perspectives

Abstract

The last decade saw arrival of a new player in creation/evolution debate--the intelligent design creationism (IDC) movement, whose strategy is to act as the to overturn Darwinism and scientific naturalism. This anthology of writings by prominent creationists and their critics focuses on what is novel about new movement. It serves as a companion to Robert Pennock's Tower of Babel, in which he criticizes 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 creationists. The discussions cover IDC as a political movement, IDC's philosophical attack on evolution, theological debate over apparent conflict between evolution and 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 Public Schools.