Books on Creationism

Books critical of creationism or creationists.

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1977

• Lightner, Jerry P., and National Association of Biology Teachers. A compendium of information on the theory of evolution and the evolution-creationism controversy. Reston, Va.: National Association of Biology Teachers, 1977.

1982

• Kitcher, Philip. Abusing science: the case against creationism. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1982.

• Eldredge, Niles. The monkey business : a scientist looks at creationism. New York, N.Y: Washington Square Press, 1982.

• Ruse, Michael. Darwinism defended: a guide to the evolution controversies. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, Advanced Book Program/World Science Division, 1982.

1983

• Futuyma, Douglas J. Science on trial: the case for evolution. New York: Pantheon Books, 1983.

• Frye, Roland Mushat, ed. Is God a creationist? : the religious case against creation-science. New York: Scribner's, 1983.

• Thompson, Adell. Biology, zoology, and genetics : evolution model vs. creation model. Washington, D.C.: University Press of America, 1983.

• Godfrey, Laurie R., ed. Scientists confront creationism. New York: W.W. Norton, 1983.

• Wilson, David B., ed. Did the Devil make Darwin do it? : modern perspectives on the creation-evolution controversy. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1983.

1984

• Montagu, Ashley, ed. Science and creationism. Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1984.

• McGowan, Christopher. In the beginning… : a scientist shows why the creationists are wrong. Buffalo, N.Y: Prometheus Books, 1984.

• Weinberg, Stanley L., ed. Reviews of thirty-one creationist books. Syosset, N.Y.: National Center for Science Education, 1984.

1986

• Hanson, Robert W., ed. Science and creation : geological, theological, and educational perspectives. New York: Macmillan, 1986.

• Jones, Orson P. Science & creation : a review of scientific creationism. El Cajon, CA: Orson P. Jones, Jr, 1986.

• Murphy, George L. The trademark of God: a Christian course in creation, evolution, and salvation. Wilton, Conn.: Morehouse-Barlow, 1986.

• Selkirk, D. R., and F. J. Burrows, eds. Confronting creationism, defending Darwin. Kensington, NSW, Australia: New South Wales University Press in association with the Australian Institute of Biology, 1987.

1987

• Strahler, Arthur Newell. Science and earth history: the evolution/creation controversy. Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1987.

• Jones, Orson P. Science & creation : a review of scientific creationism. El Cajon, CA: Orson P. Jones, Jr, 1987.

• Dietz, Robert Sinclair, and John C Holden. Creation/evolution Satiricon : creationism bashed. Winthrop, WA: Bookmaker, 1987.

• Bridgestock, Martin, and Ken Smith. Creationism : an Australian Perspective. Manley, N.S.W: Mark Plummer for the Australian Skeptics, 1987.

1988

• Berry, R. J. God and evolution : creation, evolution and the Bible. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1988.

• Ruse, Michael, ed. But is it science? : the philosophical question in the creation/evolution controversy. Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1988. First edition.

1989

• McCollister, Betty, ed. Voices for evolution. Berkeley, CA: National Center for Science Education, 1989.

1990

• Ecker, Ronald L. Dictionary of science & creationism. Buffalo, N.Y: Prometheus Books, 1990.

• Berra, Tim M. Evolution and the myth of creationism : a basic guide to the facts in the evolution debate. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1990.

1992

• Hughes, Liz Rank, ed. Reviews of creationist books. Berkeley, CA: National Center for Science Education, 1992.

1993

• Bates, Stephen. Battleground : one mother's crusade, the religious right, and the struggle for control of our classrooms. New York, N.Y.: Poseidon Press, c1993.

1994

• Plimer, Ian R. Telling lies for God: reason vs creationism. Milsons Point, NSW: Random House Australia, 1994.

• Tiffin, Lee. Creationism's upside-down pyramid: how science refutes fundamentalism. Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1994.

1996

• Ratzsch, Delvin Lee. The battle of beginnings : why neither side is winning the creation-evolution debate. Downers Grove, 111: IntcrVarsity Press, 1996.

• Ruse, Michael, ed. But is it science? : the philosophical question in the creation/evolution controversy. Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1996. Second edition.

1999

• Pennock, Robert T. Tower of Babel: the evidence against the new creationism. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, c1999.

2000

• Pigliucci, Massimo. Tales of the rational: skeptical essays about nature and science. Atlanta, Ga.: Freethought Press, 2000.

• Eldredge, Niles. The triumph of evolution : and the failure of creationism. New York: W.H. Freeman, 2000.

2002

• Moore, John Alexander. From Genesis to genetics : the case of evolution and creationism. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002.

2004

• Shermer, Michael, and Stephen Jay Gould. How to debate a creationist: 25 answers to classic creationist arguments, 10 answers to intelligent design creationist arguments. Altadena, CA: Skeptic Society, 2004.

• Scott, Eugenie Carol. Evolution vs. creationism : an introduction. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2004.

• Hildeman, Eric J. Creationism : the Bible says no!. Bloomington, IN: Author House, 2004.

2005

• Isaak, Mark. The counter-creationism handbook. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2005.

• Godfrey, Stephen J, and Christopher R Smith. Paradigms on pilgrimage: creationism, paleontology, and biblical interpretation. Toronto, Ont.: Clements Pub., 2005.

2006

• McCalla, Arthur. The creationist debate: the encounter between the Bible and the historical world. London: T & T Clark International, 2006.

• Skybreak, Ardea. The science of evolution and the myth of creationism : knowing what's real and why it matters. Chicago: Insight Press, 2006.

• Browne, E. J. Darwin's Origin of Species: a biography. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2006. 174 p.
  Discussed: Henry M. Morris, The Genesis Flood, and Institute for Creation Research.

2007

• Petto, Andrew J., ed. Scientists confront intelligent design and creationism. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2007.

• Presutta, David. The biblical cosmos versus modern cosmology: why the Bible is not the word of God. Coral Springs, FL: Llumina Press, 2007.

• Bowler, Peter J. Monkey trials and gorilla sermons : evolution and Christianity from Darwin to intelligent design. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2007.

• Brown, Barrett, and Jon P. Alston. Flock of dodos: modern creationism, intelligent design & the Easter bunny.New York, NY: Cambridge House Press, 2007. 155 p.
  Discussed: John Morris, Henry M. Morris, Ken Ham, Answers in Genesis, Creation Ex Nihilo Technical Journal, Creation Research Society, Institute for Creation Research, John Woodmorappe, Duane Gish, Carl Kerby, and more.

• Larson, Edward J. The creation-evolution debate: historical perspectives. George H. Shriver lecture series in religion in American history, no. 3. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2007. 88 p.
  Discussed: Ken Ham & Answers in Genesis, Henry M. Morris, Institute for Creation Research, and The Genesis Flood.

• Lienesch, Michael. In the beginning: fundamentalism, the Scopes Trial, and the making of the antievolution movement. H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2007. 338 p.
  Discussed: Answers in Genesis, Jerry Bergman, Wendell Bird, Creation-Science Research Center, Duane Gish, Ken Ham, Institute for Creation Research, Henry M. Morris, Kurt Wise, Creation Research Society...

• Sager, Carrie, ed. Voices for evolution. 3rd ed. Berkeley, California: National Center for Science Education, 2008

• Stenger, Victor J. God: the failed hypothesis : how science shows that God does not exist. Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 2007. 294 p.
  Discussed: Henry M. Morris, Institute for Creation Research, John Whitcomb, The Genesis Flood, and Duane Gish.

2009

• Robbins, Richard H., ed. Darwin and the Bible: the cultural confrontation. Boston: Pearson Education, 2009.

• Schneiderman, Jill S., ed. For the rock record: geologists on intelligent design. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009.

• Scott, Eugenie Carol. Evolution vs. creationism : an introduction. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2009.

• Wiley, Tatha. Creationism and the conflict over evolution. Eugene, Or.: Cascade Books, a division of Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2009.

2010

• Berkman, Michael B., and Eric Plutzer. Evolution, creationism, and the battle to control America's classrooms. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010.

• Greta Schiller. No dinosaurs in heaven. New York: Jezebel Productions/New Day Films, 2010. DVD.

• Phy-Olsen, Allene. Evolution, creationism, and intelligent design. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Greenwood, 2010.

• Saner, Reg. Living large in nature : a writer's idea of creationism. Chicago: Center for American Places at Columbia College Chicago, 2010.

2012

• Rosenhouse, Jason. Among the creationists : dispatches from the anti-evolution front line. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012.

• Montgomery, David R. The rocks don't lie: a geologist investigates Noah's flood. New York: W.W. Norton, 2012.

• Fitch, Walter M. The three failures of creationism : logic, rhetoric, and science. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2012.

• Grizzle, Raymond Edward. Science and religion in dialogue: two histories of discarded images. Lanham, Md: University Press of America, 2012.

2013

• Caudill, Edward. Intelligently designed : how creationists built the campaign against evolution. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2013.

• McCalla, Arthur. The creationist debate: the encounter between the Bible and the historical world. 2nd edition. New York: Bloomsbury, 2013.

• Price, Robert M, and Edwin A. Suominen. Evolving out of Eden : Christian responses to evolution. Valley, WA: Tellectual Press, 2013.

2014

• Blancke, Stefaan and Hans Henrik Hjermitslev, Peter C. Kjaergaard Creationism in Europe. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014.

• Nye, Bill, and Corey S Powell. Undeniable: evolution and the science of creation. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2014.

2015

• Fugle, Gary N. Laying down arms to heal the creation-evolution divide. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2015.

• Giberson, Karl. Saving the original sinner : how Christians have used the Bible's first man to oppress, inspire, and make sense of the world. Boston, Massachusetts: Beacon Press, 2015.

2016

• Anderson, Joel Edmund. The heresy of Ham : what every Evangelical needs to know about the creation-evolution controversy. Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama: Archdeacon Books, a publishing imprint of Woody Norman LLC, 2016.

• DiMattci, Steven. Genesis 1 and the creationism debate: being honest to the text, its author, and his beliefs. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2016.

• Downard, James. Evolution slam dunk : why the reptile-mammal transition proves macroevolution & how antievolutionists ignore it. Spokane, Washington: James Downard, 2016.

• Hill, Carol A. and Gregg Davidson, Joel Duff. The Grand Canyon : Monument to an Ancient Earth : Can Noah's Flood Explain the Grand Canyon? Grand Rapids, Michigan: Kregel Publications, 2016.

• Kane, Jonathan. God's word or human reason? : an inside perspective on creationism. Portland, Oregon: Inkwater Press, 2016.

• Ra, Aron. Foundational falsehoods of creationism. Durham, North Carolina: Pitchstone Publishing, 2016.

• Trollinger, Susan L. and William Vance Trollinger. Righting America at the Creation Museum. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016.

2018

• Bielo, James S. Ark Encounter : the making of a creationist theme park. New York: New York University Press, 2018.

2019

• Kaden, Tom. Creationism and anti-creationism in the United States : a sociology of conflict. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2019.

2020

• Downard, James. The rocks were there : straight answers to bent creationist questions. Spokane, Washington: James Downard, 2020.

• Oberlin, Kathleen Curry. Creating the Creation Museum : how fundamentalist beliefs come to life. New York: New York University Press, 2020.

• Stanhope, Ben. (Mis)interpreting Genesis : how the Creation Museum misunderstands the Ancient Near Eastern context of the Bible. Louisville, Kentucky: Scarab Press, 2020.

• Thomas, Paul Brian. Storytelling the Bible at the Creation Museum, Ark Encounter, and Museum of the Bible. New York: T&T Clark, 2020.

2021

• Ray, Janet Kellogg. Baby dinosaurs on the ark? : the Bible and modern science and the trouble of making it all fit. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2021.

• Laats, Adam. Creationism USA : bridging the impasse on teaching evolution. New York: Oxford University Press, 2021.