Darwinism: Science or Philosophy?
Ed. Jon Buell and Virginia Hearn
(Foundation for Thought and Ethics, 1994).

Contains the proceedings of an extraordinary symposium of Darwinists and Intelligent Design proponents, which was held in May of 1992 at Southern Methodist University. The keynote speakers were Phillip E. Johnson and Michael Ruse, along with a distinguished list of scientists and philosophers from UC Davis, Syracuse, Princeton, and other major universities. The symposium is widely regarded as a major breakthrough event, and its impact has been felt in the highest levels of the scientific world. Hardback, 227 pages.

Evolution as Dogma: The Establishment of Naturalism
By Phillip E. Johnson, with Responses by William B. Provine, Gareth Nelson, Irving Kristol, Thomas H. Jukes, and Matthew Berke
(Haughton Publishing, 1990).

Professor Johnson supports his contention that Darwinism as currently taught in public schools is functionally equivalent to religion-- the religion of Naturalism--and that this practice amounts to a governmental establishment of religion in the very way prohibited by the first amendment. Softbound, 37 pages.

Intelligent Design In Public School Science Curricula: A Legal Guidebook
By David K. DeWolf, Stephen C. Meyer, and Mark E. DeForrest
(Foundation for Thought and Ethics, 1999)

A Legal Guidebook presenting the U.S. law and case histories that support the teaching of intelligent design in public school science curriculum. Teachers, administrators, and school board attorneys will benefit from the support given to teachers to use important supplemental information in the teaching of origins as is presented in Of Pandas and People. Softbound, 42 pages.

The Mystery of Life’s Origin: Reassessing Current Theories
By Charles Thaxton, Walter Bradley, and Roger Olsen
(Lewis & Stanley, Fourth Printing, 1992)

This comprehensive scholarly critique analyzes the major viewpoints of the origin of life on earth. The authors challenge scientists to reexamine basic assumptions and consider more plausible alternatives that better reflect current research concerning how life could have originated. Its discussion of the early earth's atmosphere has been acclaimed in origin-of-life literature for having successfully predicted the changes this field of science would undergo. Softbound, 228 pages.

Defeating Darwinism - By Opening Minds
By Phillip E. Johnson
(InterVarsity Press, 1997)

Techniques of a master. Darwinian win many of their arguments simply by defining the issue at the outset to their advantage. Here Johnson shows how to think clearly about the basic scientific issues, avoid common mistakes in discussions, spot the deceptive arguments in the semantic pile, and insist that the opponent practice clear thinking too. Softbound, 131 pages.

Darwin’s Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution
By Michael J. Behe
(Free Press, 1996)

Lehigh University Biochemist Michael Behe explains that the living cell houses a vast array of diminutive biochemical machines, which are “irreducibly complex”; to perform its function, all the parts of the machine must be properly assembled. But these individual parts are highly unstable unless already functioning as a machine in the cell, and so the odds against their all being present for assembly at the right time, apart from intelligent design, are staggering. Even ABC’s Hugh Downs called it “a brilliant new book.” Indeed, these days it is always on the minds of the top Darwinian scientists. Softbound, 307 pages.

Intelligent Design: The Bridge Between Science and Theology
By William A. Dembski
(InterVarsity Press, 1999)

With Ph.D.s in philosophy and mathematics, Dembski has been referred to by fellow philosophers as “the Isaac Newton of information theory.” Intelligent Design has gained considerable grassroots support. However many scientists and theologians remain skeptical about its merits. Scientists worry that it is bad science (creationism in desguise), while theologians worry that it is bad theology (misunderstanding divine action). Dembski puts these worries to rest, showing how intelligent design vitally links science and theology. Hardback, 312 pages.

What’s Darwin Got To Do With It? A Freindly Conversation About Evolution
By Robert C. Newman and John L. Wiester
(InterVarsity Press, 2000).

One could be fooled by the entertaining dialogue and cartoon format of this ingenious book. Despite its popular style and humor (the adventures of Darwinian superstars “Mutaman” and “Selecta,” for example), it addresses the right points and frames them with a keen sense of Darwinism’s true vulnerabilities. Softbound, 146 pages.

Icons of Evolution: Science or Myth?
By Jonathan Wells
(Regnery, 2000)

Wells, holder of Ph.D.s in religion and biology, argues that the most famous textbook cases for evolution–like the finch beaks or the changing colors of moths in industrial England–no longer convey the spirit of science, but have become instruments of indoctrination–icons of evolution. Each icon, says Wells, is either inconclusive, incomplete, or even fraudulent, and deserves to be toppled for the falsehood that it is. Icons will force scientists to give students a more honest account of what we’ve truly learned about biology in the past 100 years. Hardback 362 pages.

The Design Inference: Eliminating Chance Through Small Probabilities
William A. Dembski
(Cambridge University Press 1998)

In The Design Inference William Dembski asks, how do we know that something has been purposely arranged? How do we know there is a mind behind a particular event? In answer Dembski constructs the formal logical arguments necessary for rigorous evaluation of design hypotheses." - Michael Behe Professor of Biochemistry, Lehigh University Author of Darwin's Black Box How can we identify events due to intelligent causes and distinguish them from events due to undirected natural causes? If we lack a causal theory, how can we determine whether an intelligent cause acted? This book presents a reliable method for detecting intelligent causes: the design inference. This challenging and provocative book shows how incomplete undirected causes are for science and breathes new life into classical design arguments. Hardback, 243 pages.

Mere Creation: Science, Faith & Intelligent Design
Ed. William A. Dembski
(InterVarsity Press 1998)

For over a century, the scientific establishment has ignored challenges to the theory of evolution. But in the last decade such complacency about its scientific and philosophical foundations has been shaken. As cracks in the Darwinian edifice have begun to appear, many are asking whether a defensible alternative exists. In response to this growing crisis, a movement has emerged among scholars exploring the possibility of intelligent design as an explanatory theory in scientific descriptions of the universe. As Michael Behe has proposed in his landmark Darwin's Black Box, at the cellular level there appears to be a high level of irreducible complexity that suggests design. In this book Behe is joined by eighteen other expert academics trained in mathematics, mechanical engineering, philosophy, physical anthropology, physics, astrophysics, biology, ecology and evolutionary biology to investigate the prospects for this emerging school of thought. Challenging the reigning ideology of materialistic naturalism on both scientific and philosophical grounds, these scholars press the case for a radical rethinking of established evolutionary assumptions. Softbound, 445 pages.

The Wedge of Truth: Splitting the Foundations of Naturalism
By Phillip Johnson
(InterVarsity Press 2000)

Are there serious, foundational cracks in the naturalistic direction within science? You bet there are! With The Wedge of Truth, Phillip Johnson exposes these cracks and exposes these flawed naturalistic ideologies. Johnson logically intersperses the historical, the societal, and the narrative to demonstrate the devastating consequences naturalistic philosophy has inflicted personally and corporately. According to Johnson, the results of honestly questioning the naturalistic claims made by materialists is misinformation and marginalization--from the media's misrepresentation of the Kansas School Board controversy, to summarily casting scientists as "non-scientists" because they do not adhere to a pure materialist interpretation. Johnson wants us to realize that if the flaws in naturalistic science are not challenged by good science and reason, serious consequences will ensue. Johnson's crisp logic once again illuminates the smoke and mirrors that naturalists present as fact. He doesn't just tell us "to accept the inevitable," he instructs and exhorts us to use reason and stand up for the truth. Hardback, 192 pages.