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e. Scientific Counter-Critiques of Creationism

  • Alters, Brian & Sandra Alters. Defending Evolution in the Classroom: A Guide to the Creation/ Evolution Controversy. Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett, 2001.
  • Ayala, Francisco José. Darwin’s Gift to Science and Religion. Washington, DC: Joseph Henry Press, 2007.
  • Eldredge, Niles. The Triumph of Evolution: and the Future of Creationism. New York: W. H. Freeman, 2000.
  • Forrest, Barbara & Paul R. Gross. Creationism’s Trojan Horse: The Wedge of Intelligent Design. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.
  • Futuyma, Douglas J. Science on Trial: The Case for Evolution. Revised edition. New York: Pantheon Books, 1995.
  • Isaak, Mark. The Counter-Creationism Handbook. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2005.
  • Kitcher, Philip. Living with Darwin: Evolution, Design, and the Future of Faith. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.
  • Pennock, Robert T. Tower of Babel: The Evidence Against the New Creationism. Boston, MA: MIT Press, 1999.
  • Pennock, Robert T., ed. Intelligent Design Creationism and its Critics: Philosophical, Theological, and Scientific Perspectives. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2001.
  • Perakh, Mark. Unintelligent Design. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus, 2003.
  • Ruse, Michael, ed. But Is It Science? - The Philosophical Question in the Creation/Evolution Controversy. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 1996.
  • Sakar, Sahotra. Doubting Darwin? Creationist Designs on Evolution. New York: Wiley, 2007.
  • Schneiderman, Jill S & Warren D. Allmon, eds. For the Rock Record: Geologists on Intelligent Design. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2009.
  • Scott, Eugenie Carol. Evolution vs. Creationism: an Introduction. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2004.
  • Shanks, Niall. God, the Devil, and Darwin: A Critique of Intelligent Design Theory. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.
  • Young, Matt & Taner Edis. Why Intelligent Design Fails: A Scientific Critique of the New Creationism. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2004.

Contributed by: Dr. Randy Maddox

The Natural Sciences and Christian Theology - A Select Bibliography

  I. Historical and Social Background of Contemporary Western Science
  II. Reflections on the Nature of Modern Science
     A. Expositions of Modern Scientific Method
     B. Introductions to the Philosophy of Science
     C. Debates over the Social Dimensions of Modern Science
  III. Popular Expositions of Contemporary Natural Science
     A. General and Survey Treatments
     B. Mathematics
     C. Particle Physics
     D. Chemistry
     E. Chaos & Complexity Theory
     F. Cosmology and Astrophysics
     G. Geology and Natural History
     H. Evolutionary Molecular Biology
     I. Sociobiology / Evolutionary Psychology
     J. Neuroscience
     K. Environmental Science/Ecology
  IV. Historical Treatments of Interaction between Natural Science and Christianity in the West
  V. Contemporary Engagement of the Natural Sciences and Christian Theology
     A. Typological Surveys of Current Science/Theology Engagement
     B. Introductions to Current Science/Theology Engagement
     C. Survey Essay Collections of Current Science/Theology Engagement
     D. Important Journals for the Current Science/Theology Engagement
     E. Representative Recent Engagements of Theology by Natural Scientists
     F. Representative Recent Engagements of Natural Science by Christian Theologians
        1. Broad Western Christian Engagements
        2. “Evangelical” Western Christian Engagements
        3. Eastern Orthodox  Engagements
        4. Consciously Revisionist Christian Engagements
           a. Moving toward a fully “Naturalist” Theology
           b. Moving toward a Universal “Mystical” Theology
     G. Select Topics in Current Natural Science / Christian Theology Dialogue
        1. The Status of Theology as a “Science”
        2. Mathematical Order of the Universe and the Divine
        3. Contemporary Physics and Divine Action / Providence
        4. Contemporary Evolutionary Biology and Divine Action / Providence
        5. Contemporary Cosmology and Creatio ex Nihilo
        6. The Creation/Evolution Controversy
           a. Detailed Bibliographies of the Controversy
           b. Historical and Sociological Perspectives on the Controversy
           c. Contemporary Anti-supernaturalist Darwinists
           d. Recent Critiques of Naturalistic Darwinism (esp. “Intelligent Design”)
           e. Scientific Counter-Critiques of Creationism
           f. Surveys of the Diversity in “Creationist” Views
           g. Representative Young-Earth Creationist Advocates
           h. Representative Progressive Creationists
           i. Representative Fully Gifted Creationists (or Theistic Evolutionists)
           j. Additional Exegetical and Theological Perspectives
        7. Cosmology and Eschatology
        8. Sociobiology / Evolutionary Psychology and Human Nature
        9. Genetic Impact on Behavior and Human Responsibility
        10. Neuroscience and the Human Soul / Human Responsibility
     H. Engagement of Ethical Dimensions of Modern Science/Technology
       1. Survey Treatments
       2. Nuclear Energy and Weapons
       3. Ethical Issues in Genetic Engineering
       4. Ecological Crisis, Environmentalism, and Christian Worldview

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Dr. Randy Maddox

Prepared with support of the John Templeton Oxford Seminar on Science and Christianity (1999-2002)