Creation Science / Intelligent Design Resources

Creationist Websites:

Answers in Genesis

Creation Research Society

Institute for Creation Research

Christiananswers.net

Creation Colleges - where creationism is supported and taught faithfully

Is Genesis History?

Young-Earth Creationist Bibliography

Essential Reading List:

11 Essential Books (Science)

Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design
Stephen C. Meyer

Darwin’s Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design
Stephen C. Meyer

Darwin's Black Box
Michael Behe

The Edge of Evolution
Michael Behe

The Design Inference
William Dembski

The Design Revolution: Answering the Toughest Questions About Intelligent Design
William Dembski

Icons of Evolution
Jonathan Wells

The Myth of Junk DNA
Jonathan Wells

The Privileged Planet
Guillermo Gonzalez and Jay Richards

Nature’s Destiny: How the Laws of Biology Reveal Purpose in the Universe
Michael Denton

Undeniable: How Biology Confirms Our Intuition That Life Is Designed
Douglas Axe

5 Essential Books (Science and Culture)

Darwin Day in America
John West

God and Evolution
edited by Jay Richards

The Devil’s Delusion
David Berlinski

From Darwin to Hitler
Richard Weikart

Hitler’s Ethic
Richard Weikart

10 Essential Articles

"A Scientific History and Philosophical Defense of Intelligent Design"
Stephen C. Meyer

"Are We Alone?"
Jay W. Richards & Guillermo Gonzalez
The American Spectator

"Science & Design"
William Dembski
First Things

"DNA and Other Designs"
Stephen C. Meyer
First Things

"Molecular Machines: Experimental Support for the Design Inference"
Michael J. Behe
Cosmic Pursuit

"Intelligent Design is not Creationism"
Stephen C Meyer
The Daily Telegraph (London)

"Evolution: Debate it"
John Angus Campbell & Stephen C. Meyer
USA Today

"Survival of the Fakest" (PDF)
Jonathan Wells
American Spectator

"Broadening the Faith and Evolution Debate"
John G. West
Washington Post “On Faith”

"Dissent of Man"
John G. West
Claremont Review of Books

Advanced Reading List

Supportive non-fiction books

• Ashton, John F (ed.) (2001). In Six Days : Why Fifty Scientists Choose to Believe in Creation. Master Books. ISBN 0-89051-341-4.
• Ashton, John F (ed.) (2001). On the Seventh Day: Forty Scientists and Academics Explain Why They Believe in God. Master Books. ISBN 0-89051-376-7.
• Michael J. Behe. Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution, New York: Free Press, 1996. ISBN 0-684-83493-6
• Michael J. Behe, William A. Dembski, Stephen C. Meyer. Science and Evidence for Design in the Universe (Proceedings of the Wethersfield Institute), Ignatius Press 2000, ISBN 0-89870-809-5
• Michael J. Behe, The Edge of Evolution, Free Press, June 5, 2007, ISBN 0-7432-9620-6
• David Berlinski. The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and its Scientific Pretensions, Basic Books; Reprint edition, 2009, ISBN 0-465-01937-4
• Campbell, John Angus; Stephen C. Meyer, eds. (2004). Darwinism, Design, and Public Education. Rhetoric and Public Affairs Series. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press. ISBN 978-0-87013-675-7.
• Ann Coulter (2006). Godless: The Church of Liberalism. Crown Forum. ISBN 1-4000-5420-6. (Attacks evolution. Not a support for Creationism.)
• Percival Davis and Dean H. Kenyon Of Pandas and People: The Central Question of Biological Origins 1989 (2nd edition 1993) ISBN 0-914513-40-0
• William A. Dembski. Intelligent Design: The Bridge Between Science & Theology, InterVarsity Press 1999. ISBN 0-8308-1581-3
• William A. Dembski, James M. Kushiner. Signs of Intelligence: Understanding Intelligent Design, Brazos Press, 2001, ISBN 1-58743-004-5
• William A. Dembski, John Wilson. Uncommon Dissent: Intellectuals Who Find Darwinism Unconvincing, ISI Press, 2004. ISBN 1-932236-31-7
• William A. Dembski and Jonathan Wells, The Design of Life, Foundation for Thought and Ethics, November 19, 2007.
• William A. Dembski, The Design Revolution: Answering the Toughest Questions About Intelligent Design (Forward by Charles W. Colson). Inter Varsity Press. 2004, ISBN 0-8308-2375-1
• William A. Dembski, The Design Inference: Eliminating Chance through Small Probabilities (Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction and Decision Theory), Cambridge University Press, 2006.
• William A. Dembski, The Design of Life: Discovering Signs of Intelligence in Biological Systems,ISI Distributed Titles; 1st edition (September 5, 2008)
• William A. Dembski and Sean McDowell, Understanding Intelligent Design: Everything You Need to Know in Plain Language
• William A. Dembski, Intelligent Design Uncensored: An Easy-to-Understand Guide to the Controversy, IVP Books, 2010
• Antony Flew. There Is a God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind, HarperOne, 2008, ISBN 0-06-133530-4
• Steve Fuller. Science vs Religion? Intelligent Design and the Problem of Evolution. Polity Books. 2007, ISBN 0-7456-4122-9.
• Steve Fuller. Dissent Over Descent: Evolution's 500-year War on Intelligent Design. Icon Books Ltd. 2008, ISBN 1-84046-804-1
• James Gills. Darwinism Under The Microscope: How recent scientific evidence points to divine design, Charisma House, 2002, ISBN 0-88419-925-8
• Werner Gitt. In the Beginning Was Information: A Scientist Explains the Incredible Design in Nature, Master Books, 2006, ISBN 0-89051-461-5
• Guillermo Gonzalez and Jay Richards, The Privileged Planet: How Our Place in the Cosmos is Designed for Discovery Regnery Publishing 2006
• Cornelius G. Hunter, (2002). Darwin's God: Evolution and the Problem of Evil, Brazos Press. ISBN 1587430533
• Phillip E. Johnson. Darwin on Trial, Washington, D.C.: Regnery Gateway, 1991. ISBN 0-8308-1324-1
• Phillip E. Johnson. Defeating Darwinism by opening minds, Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1997. ISBN 0-8308-1362-4
• Phillip E. Johnson. Evolution as dogma: the establishment of naturalism, Dallas, Tex.: Haughton Pub. Co., 1990
• Stephen C. Meyer, Scott Minnich, Jonathan Moneymaker, Paul A. Nelson, and Ralph Seelke, Explore Evolution: The Arguments for and Against Neo-Darwinism, Hill House Publishers Pty. Ltd., Melbourne and London, 2007, ISBN 0-947352-47-3.
• Stephen C. Meyer. Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design. New York: HarperOne (June 23, 2009) ISBN 0-06-147278-6
• Stephen C. Meyer. Darwin's Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design. New York: HarperOne (June 10, 2013) ISBN 0-06-207147-5
• Bradley Monton. Seeking God in Science: An Atheist Defends Intelligent Design, Broadview Press; 1 edition, 2009, ISBN 1-55111-863-7
• J. P. Moreland. The Creation Hypothesis: Scientific Evidence for an Intelligent Designer, IVP Books, 1994, ISBN 0-8308-1698-4
• Robert G. Neuhauser. The Cosmic Deity: Where Scientists and Theologians Fear to Tread, Mill Creek Publishers, 2004, ISBN 0-9759043-0-2
• Denyse O'Leary, By Design or By Chance? The Growing Controversy on the Origins of Life in the Universe, Augsburg Books, June 2004, ISBN 0-8066-5177-6
• Mark Ludwig. Computer Viruses, Artificial Life and Evolution: The Little Black Book of Computer Viruses, Amer Eagle Pubns Inc, 1993, ISBN 0-929408-07-1
• Dean L. Overman, A Case Against Accident and Self-Organization, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1997, ISBN 0-8476-8966-2
• William Paley. Natural Theology; or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, London: 12th edition, 1809. Online in full.
• Nancy Pearcey (2004). Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from its Cultural Captivity. Crossway Books. ISBN 1-58134-458-9.
• Michael Denton. Evolution: A Theory In Crisis, Adler & Adler; 3rd edition, 1986, ISBN 0-917561-52-X
• Michael Denton. Nature's Destiny: How the Laws of Biology Reveal Purpose in the Universe , 2002
• Michael Pitman. Adam and Evolution, Rider & Co; First Edition, 1984, ISBN 0-09-155390-3
• A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Life Comes From Life, Bhaktivedanta Book Trust ISBN 0-89213-100-4 (ID from the Vedic Perspective)
• Rael. Intelligent Design: Message from the Designers, Nova Distribution, 2006, ISBN 2-940252-22-X
• Fazale Rana. The Cell's Design: How Chemistry Reveals the Creator's Artistry, Baker Books, 2008, ISBN 0-8010-6827-4
• Hugh Ross. Beyond the Cosmos, Signalman Publishing, 2010, ISBN 978-0-9840614-8-8
• Hugh Ross. Why the Universe is the Way it Is, Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2008, ISBN 978-0801071966
• John C. Sanford. Genetic Entropy and the Mystery of the Genome, Feed My Sheep Foundation, Inc, 2008, ISBN 0-9816316-0-6
• Geoffrey Simmons, William Dembski. What Darwin Didn't Know, Harvest House Publishers, 2004, ISBN 0-7369-1313-0
• Markus Rammerstorfer (2006). Nur eine Illusion? Biologie und Design. Marburg: Tectum-Verl. ISBN 3-8288-9117-9.
• Philip Snow. Design and Origin of Birds, Day One Publications, 2006, ISBN 1-84625-002-1
• Lee Strobel. The Case for a Creator, Zondervan, 2004, ISBN 0-310-24144-8
• David Swift. Evolution Under the Microscope, Leighton Academic Press, 2002, ISBN 0-9543589-0-2
• Charles Thaxton and Walter Bradley. The Mystery of LIfe's Origin: Reassessing Current Theories, Philosophical Library, January 19, 1984, ISBN 0-8022-2447-4
• Thomas E. Woodward. Doubts About Darwin: A History of Intelligent Design, Baker Books, 1993, ISBN 0-8010-6443-0
• Wells, Jonathan (2002). Icons of Evolution. Regnery Publishing. ISBN 0-89526-200-2.
• Jonathan Wells (2006). The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design. Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing. ISBN 1-59698-013-3.
• Jonathan Wells (2011). The Myth of Junk DNA. Discovery Institute Press.
• Eugene Windchy. The End of Darwinism: And How a Flawed and Disastrous Theory Was Stolen and Sold, Xlibris Corporation, 2009, ISBN 1-4363-8368-4

Supportive non-fiction anthologies

• John Angus Campbell, Stephen C. Meyer ed. Darwinism, Design and Public Education, Michigan State University Press, December 2003, ISBN 0-87013-670-4
  • Why Are We Still Debating Darwinism? Why Not Teach the Controversy? John Angus Campbell
  • PART I—Should Darwinism Be Presented Critically and Comparatively in the Public Schools? Philosophical, Educational, and Legal Issues
    • Intelligent Design, Darwinism, and the Philosophy of Public Education, John Angus Campbell
    • Intelligent Design Theory, Religion, and the Science Curriculum, Warren A. Nord
    • Teaching the Controversy: Is It Science, Religion, or Speech? David DeWolf, Stephen C. Meyer, and Mark E. DeForrest
  • PART II—Scientific Critique of Biology Textbooks and Contemporary Evolutionary Theory
    • The Meanings of Evolution, Stephen C. Meyer and Michael Newton Keas
    • The Deniable Darwin, David Berlinski
    • Haeckel’s Embryos and Evolution: Setting the Record Straight, Jonathan Wells
    • Second Thoughts about Peppered Moths, Jonathan Wells
    • Where Do We Come From? A Humbling Look at the Biology of Life’s Origin, Massimo Pigliucci
    • Origin of Life and Evolution in Biology Textbooks: A Critique, Gordon C. Mills, Malcolm Lancaster, and Walter L. Bradley
  • PART III—The Theory of Intelligent Design: A Scientific Alternative to Neo-Darwinian and/or Chemical Evolutionary Theories
    • DNA and the Origin of Life: Information, Specification, and Explanation, Stephen C. Meyer
    • Design in the Details: The Origin of Biomolecular Machines, Michael J. Behe
    • Homology in Biology: Problem for Naturalistic Science and Prospect for Intelligent Design, Paul Nelson and Jonathan Wells
    • The Cambrian Explosion: Biology’s Big Bang, Stephen C. Meyer, Marcus Ross, Paul Nelson, and Paul Chien
    • Reinstating Design within Science, William A. Dembski
  • PART IV—Critical Responses
    • The Rhetoric of Intelligent Design: Alternatives for Science and Religion, Celeste Michelle Condit
    • Intelligent Design and Irreducible Complexity: A Rejoinder, David Depew
    • Biochemical Complexity: Emergence or Design? Bruce H. Weber
    • Design Yes, Intelligent No: A Critique of Intelligent Design Theory and Neo-Creationism, Massimo Pigliucci
    • On Behalf of the Fool, Michael Ruse
    • Rhetorical Arguments and Scientific Arguments: Do My Children Have to Listen to More Arguments against Evolution? Eugene Garver
    • Design? Yes! But Is It Intelligent? William Provine
    • Creation and Evolution: A Modest Proposal, Alvin Plantinga
    • Thinking Pedagogically about Design, John Lyne
    • An Intelligent Person’s Guide to Intelligent Design Theory Steve Fuller
    • The Rhetorical Problem of Intelligent Design, Phillip E. Johnson
  • Appendixes
    • A. U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Hearing: On Curriculum Controversies in Biology, 21 August 1998
    • B. Helping Schools to Teach Evolution, Donald Kennedy
    • C. Stratigraphic First Appearance of Phyla-Body Plans
    • D. Stratigraphic First Appearance of Phyla-Subphyla Body Plans
    • E. Probability of Other Body Plans Originating in the Cambrian Explosion
• Dembski, William (ed) (September 1998). Mere Creation: Science, Faith & Intelligent Design. InterVarsity Press. p. 475 pages. ISBN 0-8308-1515-5.
  An anthology of papers from the November 1996 conference of the same name, sponsored by Christian Leadership Ministries.^[1]
  • Introduction, William Dembski
  • Part 1,"Unseating Naturalism," Walter Bradley, Jonathan Wells
  • Part 2, "Design Theory," Nancy Pearcey, William Dembski, Steve Meyer, Paul Nelson
  • Part 3, "Biological Design," Michael Behe, Siegfried Scherer, Sigrid Hartwig-Scherer, Jeff Schloss
  • Part 4, "Philosophy and Design," J.P. Moreland, Del Ratzsch, John Mark Reynolds, Bill Craig
  • Part 5, "Design in the Universe," Hugh Ross, Robert Kaita, David Berlinski, Robert Newman
  • Concluding essays, Phillip E. Johnson, Bruce Chapman

Supportive non-fiction papers and articles

• Michael Behe. A Response to Critics of Darwin's Black Box
• William A. Dembski. Becoming a Disciplined Science: Prospects, Pitfalls, and Reality Check for ID
• William A. Dembski. Searching Large Spaces—Displacement and the No Free Lunch Regress
• Dr. Weldon Vlasak. Science and Intelligent Design

Supportive non-fiction films

• The Privileged Planet
• Unlocking the Mystery of Life
• Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
• Darwin's Dilemma
• The Information Enigma
• Metamorphosis: The Beauty and Design of Butterflies
• Flight: The Genius of Birds
• Living Waters: Intelligent Design in the Oceans of the Earth
• Is Genesis History?