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Lewin R. 1987. Bones of contention: controversies in the search for human origins. NY: Simon & Schuster. — An incisive review of the more personal factors in the on-going contentions in paleoanthropology. Many of the problems exposed in this volume apply to science in general. 348p.
Lubenow ML. 1992. Bones of contention: a creationist assessment of human fossils. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House. — This book is a useful summary of the known hominid fossil record. Some of Lubenow's interpretations are not reliable, making it important to have independent verification. Nevertheless, this is the most recent book which addresses the issue of fossil humans from a creationist standpoint. 295p.
Wilson CA. 1977. Rocks, relics, and biblical reliability. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. — A careful evaluation of archaeological data as related to the biblical record. 141p.
Ager DV. 1993. The nature of the stratigraphical record. 3rd ed. NY: John Wiley. — An aggressively committed evolutionist gives an impressive presentation of the necessity of a catastrophic model to account for geologic features. 151p.
Baker VR. 1981. Catastrophic flooding: the origin of the Channeled Scabland. Stroudsburg, PA: Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross. — Erosional and depositional features formed by the "largest discharges of fresh water that have been documented in the geologic record." For a more popular account, see: Shelton JS. 1966. Geology illustrated. San Francisco: W. H. Freeman and Co., p 338-351.
Chadwick AV. 1978. Megabreccias: evidence for catastrophism. Origins 5:39-46. — Examples and description of various kinds of catastrophic sedimentary deposits.
Clark HW. 1946. The new diluvialism. Angwin, CA: Science Publications. — An out-of-print monograph which suggests interpretation of the geologic column on the basis of contemporary altitude-differentiated ecological zones. 222p.
Coffin HG. 1987. Sonar and scuba survey of a submerged allochthonous `forest' in Spirit Lake, Washington. Palaios 2:178-180. — A report of erect floating tree stumps from the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption. Sidescan sonar revealed 154 erect stumps in less than 0.8% of the lake. This may provide an explanation for in situ fossil forests.
Gibson LJ. 1990. A catastrophe with an impact. Origins 17:38-47. — A review of current geological interpretations of the profound catastrophic changes taking place at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary. The implications of these new interpretations for the creation concept are considered.
Roth AA. 1982. The universal flood debate: the response. Liberty 77(6):12-15. — Geologic evidence supporting the concept of a worldwide flood.
Roth AA. 1984. The trend toward catastrophism in geology. Adventist Review 161(24):9-11. — A non-technical review of the increasing evidence of rapid changes in the past.
Sullivan W. 1991. Continents in motion: the new Earth debate. 2d ed. NY: American Institute of Physics. — A readable history of the development of plate-tectonic theory. 430p.
Arp HC, Burbidge G, Hoyle F, Narlikar JV, Wickramasinghe NC. 1990. The extragalactic universe: an alternative view. Nature 346:807-812. — Evidence is presented that the generally accepted view of the Big-Bang model for the origin of the universe is unsatisfactory. An alternative model that better satisfies the constraints is suggested. For an opposing article which defends the Big-Bang theory as a mature and believable physical model which has no well-established empirical contradictions, see: Peebles PJE, Schramm DN, Turner EL, Kron RG. 1991. The case for the relativistic hot Big Bang cosmology. Nature 352:769-776.
Barrow JD, Tipler FJ. 1986. The anthropic cosmological principle. Oxford and NY: Oxford University Press. — Design arguments and the anthropic principle are discussed, along with numerous examples of what appears to be fine-tuning of the universe for life. 706p.
Brown RH. 1981. Geo and cosmic chronology. Origins 8:20-45; 9:66 for correction of errors in 8(1). — A survey of the various lines of evidence that must be taken into account by any scientific viewpoint concerning the age of the matter in the Solar System and planet Earth. Extensive bibliographic listing.
de Groot M. 1992. Cosmology and Genesis: the road to harmony and the need for cosmological alternatives. Origins 19:8-32. — An astronomer presents alternatives to the "Standard Model" for the origin of the Universe concluding that there is a need to consider other possibilities, especially creation by God.
Snelling A, Rush DE. 1993. Moon dust and the age of the Solar System. Creation Ex Nihilo Technical Journal 7(1):2-42. — The accumulation of cosmic dust and meteorites on both the moon and Earth is evidence for a multi-billion year time framework. It does not indicate a Solar System age less than 10,000 years, as frequently claimed in creationist literature. An exhaustive treatment based on a thorough research of the pertinent literature.
Bird WR. 1987,1988,1989. The origin of species revisited: the theories of evolution and of abrupt appearance. 2 vols. NY: Philosophical Library. — A comprehensive review of scientific, philosophical and legal aspects of the creation-evolution controversy. 551p, 563p.
Coffin HG. 1977. Earth story. Washington DC: Review & Herald Publishing Assn. — A non-technical book covering most aspects of creationism and its relation to Scripture. Useful for non-scientists and high-school students. Well illustrated in color. 190p.
Coffin HG, with Brown RH. 1983. Origin by design. Washington DC: Review & Herald Publishing Assn. — A general reference covering the topic of creation: evidences for creation, evidences for a universal flood, discussion of fossils, geologic processes, geologic time, speciation and the evolutionary theory. 494p.
Gange R. 1986. Origins and destiny. Waco, TX: Word Books. — Raises thought-provoking questions about origins and answers them from a creationist's perspective. Unfortunately, this well-documented presentation omits a discussion of creation week and other time factors. 193p.
Moreland JP, editor. 1994. The creation hypothesis: scientific evidence for an intelligent designer. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. — This book advocates creation in opposition to evolution by common ancestry. Although some of the authors accept long ages for the history of life, they avoid discussion of this issue in the book. Of the seven chapters, the first three deal with the philosophy of science and the issue of design. The last four chapters discuss the origins of the universe, life, the major taxonomic groups, and human language. 335p.
Morris HM. 1974. Scientific creationism. San Diego: Institute for Creation Research. — A non-scientific approach to biblical creationism. Contains classical arguments of creationists. Of interest more for its historical value than the current scientific information. 277p.
Neufeld BR. 1974. Towards the development of a general theory of creation. Origins 1:6-13. — Postulates and gives implications of a theory of creation.
Taylor IT. 1984. In the minds of men. Toronto: TFE Publishers. — A comprehensive, although sometimes uncritical (especially Chs 11 & 12), review of the controversy between science and the Bible. A good source reference for many of the current issues. 498p.
Webster CL, Jr. 1989. The Earth: origins and early history. Silver Spring, MD: Office of Education, North American Division, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. — A book written for the secondary-level student and others as a supplement to standard science texts or for general reading. The book presents evidence for creation as found in nature and the implications thereof. 122p.
Wheeler GW. 1975. The two-taled dinosaur. Nashville, TN: Southern Publishing Assn. — A refreshingly balanced treatment of the historical and philosophical aspects of evolutionary ideas. Valuable analysis of the influences that shaped Charles Darwin and his work. Probably more suited for use in public institutions of learning than any previously available presentation of a creationist viewpoint. 224p.
Whitcomb JC, Jr., Morris HM. 1961. The Genesis flood. Nutley, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishers. — A major work which contains a large amount of valuable information. Some portions are dated or incorrect. 518p.
CREATION IN PUBLIC-SCHOOL CURRICULA
Bergman J. 1979. Teaching about the creation/evolution controversy. Bloomington, IN: Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation. — The author presents an interpretation of both views, followed by reasons for supporting the two-model approach to teaching origins in the public schools. 45p.
Bliss RB, Parker GE. 1979. Origin of life: evolution, creation. San Diego: Creation-Life Publishers. — A well-written, well-illustrated, brief presentation of contrasting creationist and evolutionist explanations for the origin of life. Suited for secondary level, and appropriate for use in public schools. 51p.
Davis P, Kenyon DH, Thaxton CB. 1993. Of pandas and people: the central question of biological origins. 2d ed. Dallas: Haughton Publishing Co. — Designed as a textbook supplement for public schools, this book advocates origin by intelligent design, without attempting to identify the designer. Six topics are covered, first in a short summary, and then in an expanded discussion. The topics include: origin of life, genetics and macroevolution, speciation, fossils, homology, and biochemical similarities. The authors are probably favorable to geologic time, but do not make an issue of it. Several technical errors in the first edition have been corrected in this edition. 170p.
Geisler NL. 1982. The Creator in the courtroom: Scopes II. The 1981 Arkansas creation-evolution trial. Milford MI: Mott Media. — A detailed, documentary account of the McLean vs. Arkansas Trial (1981), the first time that creation as a scientific model was legally tested. Written by a witness for the creationist side. 242p.
Roth AA, Mayer WV. 1978. Debate on the teaching of creation concepts in public schools. Liberty 73(5):3-7, 24-27. Rebuttals on p 28-29. — A thorough, authoritative and fully documented summary of considerations related to teaching of creation concepts in public schools.
Thurman LD. 1978. How to think about evolution and other Bible-science controversies. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. — A balanced, scientifically sound, non-dogmatic approach to questions regarding the origin of life. Ideally suited for use as a supplement in biology courses offered by public high schools and colleges. 144p.
CREATIONIST THEORIES OF BIOLOGICAL CHANGE
Brand LR, Carter RL. 1992. Sociobiology: the evolution theory's answer to altruistic behavior. Origins 19:54-71. — The authors suggest that sociobiology theory correctly describes some of the changes that have occurred, even in man, in a post-creation world in which mutations are affecting behavior as well as morphology, without necessarily implying that major groups of animals have evolved from common ancestors.
Brand LR, Gibson LJ. 1993. An interventionist theory of natural selection and biological change within limits. Origins 20:60-82. — This paper proposes that organisms were designed by an intelligent Creator. Complexity was at its highest at the time of creation. Since that time, mutations have produced variation, sometimes with loss of genetic information, with a tendency toward reduction of complexity. Natural selection slows down the process of loss of information by eliminating individuals that are genetically inferior. Conditions following a worldwide catastrophe would facilitate the production of new species and varieties in a relatively short time.
Lester LP, Bohlin RG. 1984. The natural limits to biological change. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. — Examines the concept of change in species and rejects both gradualism and punctuated equilibrium as being inadequate models of change. Proposes instead that changes in species occur by loss of genetic variability and that there are limits to the amount of change possible. 207p.
Wise K. 1989. Punc eq creation style. Origins 16:11-24. — A discussion of the punctuated-equilibria concept and its significance to creation and evolution, especially as it relates to the results that would be expected from a catastrophe such as the Genesis flood.
DARWINISM & NEO-DARWINISM: INADEQUACIES
Baum RF. 1975. Coming to grips with Darwin. Intercollegiate Review (Fall), p 13-23. — An impressive presentation of the inadequacies of Darwinism from considerations of logic and genetics.
Behe MJ. 1996. Darwin's black box: the biochemical challenge to evolution. NY and London: The Free Press. — The cell is the "black box" of the title of this book. Numerous living systems are composed of a number of functionally interdependent parts. These systems could not be built up gradually, because lack of any one component destroys the function of the system. Behe uses the term "irreducible complexity" for such systems, and argues that they could not have arisen by chance, but are evidence of intelligent design. 307p.
Bethell T. 1976. Darwin's mistake. Harper's Magazine (Feb.), p 70-75. — A clear, non-technical outline of scientific evidence contradicting the mechanism for evolution proposed by Darwin.
Bethell T. 1985. Agnostic evolutionists: the taxonomic case against Darwin. Harper's Magazine (Feb.), p 49-61. — An account of the philosophical differences between cladists and neo-Darwinists, written by one sympathetic to the cladist viewpoint.
Cohen IL. 1984. Darwin was wrong --- a study in probabilities. Greenvale, NY: New Research Publishers. — Readable exposure of the improbability of the spontaneous origin and development of life. The author argues from the standpoint of evidence for intelligent design. 225p.
Denton M. 1985. Evolution: a theory in crisis. London: Burnett Books, — The Hutchinson Publishing Group. A molecular biologist takes a critical look at the mechanism and implications of evolution. While he dismisses creation as an outdated myth, he believes that evolution is "no more nor less than the great cosmogenic myth of the twentieth century." 368p.
Hitching F. 1982. The neck of the giraffe: where Darwin went wrong. New Haven, CT: Ticknor & Fields. — Discussion of the problems with Darwinism and the neo-Darwinian synthesis in explaining the processes of evolution. Ch 5 examines the creation viewpoint. The author rejects creation and hopes that biologists will discover another model to explain how evolution occurred. 288p.
Ho M-W, Saunders PT, editors. 1984. Beyond neo-Darwinism. London: Academic Press. — Claims that the synthetic theory is outdated and does not satisfactorily explain macroevolution. Proposes different mechanisms for evolution, emphasizing the role of heredity and development, rather than natural selection, in determining the direction of evolution. Includes chapters written by authors from a variety of scientific disciplines. 376p.
Johnson PE. 1992. Darwin on trial. 2d ed. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. — In this highly significant work, a professor of law at the University of California at Berkeley raises some profound questions about evolution. Why do the majority of scientists support a theory for which there is so little evidence? His answer lies in the limited outlook that a naturalistic philosophy imposes on science. His presentation includes the most important objections to evolution. 195p.
Kerkut GA. 1960. Implications of evolution. NY: Pergamon Press. — An important technical work by an evolutionist who critically examines conventional evolutionary theory. 174p.
Lovtrup S. 1987. Darwinism: the refutation of a myth. London, NY, and Sydney: Croom Helm. — An evolutionist outlines the main problems with the neo-Darwinian model for evolution. He suggests some forms of sudden, major changes. His treatment of the problems with Darwinism are thorough and concludes: "I believe that one day the Darwinian myth will be ranked the greatest deceit in the history of science. When this happens many people will pose the question: How did this ever happen? The present text surveys some of the answers which have been given, but there is no reason to believe that we have yet reached the final one."
Moorhead PS, Kaplan MM, editors. 1967. Mathematical challenges to the neo-Darwinian interpretation of evolution. Philadelphia: Wistar Institute Press. — Technical discussion of probability factors in molecular evolution, mutation rates, and natural selection. 140p.
Taylor GR. 1983. The great evolution mystery. NY: Harper & Row. — A challenge for evolutionists to develop better answers to explain the process of evolution. With creationists, the author agrees that Darwinism contains deficiencies, but he also rejects the creationist explanation, and instead proposes that Darwinian deficiencies can be remedied by the expansion of existing theories. 277p.
Thompson WR. 1958. Introduction to the new centennial edition of The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin. Everyone's Library #811. London: Dent. — One of the most incisive critiques of evolutionary viewpoints that has come from an internationally esteemed scientist.
Bada JL. 1985. Amino acid racemization dating of fossil bones. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 13:241-268. — An up-to-date review of amino acid dating by a recognized authority.
Brooks C, James DE, Hart SR. 1976. Ancient lithosphere: its role in young continental volcanism. Science 193:1086-1094. — Abundant and firm evidence that radiometric ages of volcanic rocks may reflect the characteristics of the source material, rather than the time of the volcanic event that placed them in their present position.
Brown RH. 1978. Radiometric age and the traditional Hebrew-Christian view of time. Origins 4:68-75; 6:7. — A brief summary of ancient and modern views concerning the age of the earth, data and scientific considerations that bring the conventional radiometric geologic time scale into question.
Brown RH. 1979. The interpretation of C-14 dates. Origins 6:30-44. — A preliminary model for accommodating C-14 age data to the time constraints in the first eleven chapters of Genesis. Discussion of the problems involved in making a correct interpretation of radiocarbon-age data in terms of real time. Suggestions are made for correlating radiocarbon-age data and biblical-chronologic data on a sound scientific basis.
Brown RH. 1983. How solid is a radioisotope age of a rock? Origins 10:93-95. — A brief review of some of the current problems of radiometric dating.
Brown RH. 1985. Amino acid dating. Origins 12:8-25. — A summary of the amino acid racemization dating technique, published dating results, and considerations which indicate unsuitability of the technique for measuring real-time age.
Brown RH. 1986. 14C depth profiles as indicators of trends of climate and 14C/12C ratio. Radiocarbon 28(2A):350-357. — Evidence for an increase in the 14C/12C ratio in the biosphere during prehistoric time.
Brown RH. 1986. Radiometric dating from the perspective of biblical chronology. In: Walsh RE, et al., editors. Proceedings of the First International Conference on Creationism, Vol 2. Pittsburgh: Creation Science Fellowship, p 31-57. — A broad survey of radioisotope methods of dating inorganic and organic material, as related to the chronological data in the Pentateuch. Illustrated with examples from the professional scientific literature.
Brown RH. 1990. Radiohalo evidence regarding change in natural process rates. Creation Research Society Quarterly 27(3):100-102. — The identifiability of radiohalo rings and the sharpness of these rings indicate that radioisotope half-lives over a range of 21 orders of magnitude have not varied by more than a factor of two over the time geological formations have been in existence.
Brown RH. 1992. Correlation of C-14 age with real time. Creation Research Society Quarterly 29(1):45-47. — Mathematical derivation of a quantitative relationship for converting C-14 age into a real-time equivalent that is consistent with the chronological data in the Bible, as well as well- established dates for historic events. Two examples are given for the rectification of unreasonable indications given by raw C-14 age data for fossil animal life-span and dung accumulation rates.
Brown RH, Webster CL. 1991. Interpretation of radiocarbon and amino acid age data. Origins 18:66-78. — Amino acid isomer ratios and C-14 residue in land snail shells from the Negev in Israel are in satisfactory agreement if the C-14 data are converted to real time with a transformation that fits C-14 ages into a real-time span of about 5500 years since the Flood.
Dalrymple GB. 1991. The age of the Earth. Stanford: Stanford University Press. — A convenient compilation of biblical testimony and radiometric data from which conclusions have been drawn concerning the length of time planet Earth and the Solar System have been in existence. An easily understood tutorial on methods for radiometric dating. Although the author aims to thoroughly discredit special creationism, the basic data and their implications as given in this book present no conflict with biblical testimony as long as the creation account is interpreted strictly in accord with the definitions given in Genesis 1:8-10. 474p.
Dickinson DR, Gibson IL. 1972. Feldspar fractionation and anomalous Sr87/Sr86 ratios in a suite of peralkaline silicic rocks. Geological Society of America Bulletin 83:231-240. — Evidence that the radiometric age sequence in a series of igneous material may reflect chemical and isotopic zonation in the associated magma chamber rather than the times of the injection or eruption sequence.
Faure G. 1986. Principles of isotope geology. 2d ed. NY: John Wiley. — A textbook describing the standard techniques for radiometric dating. 589p.
Gentry RV, et al. 1976. Radiohalos in coalified wood: new evidence relating the time of uranium introduction and coalification. Science 194:315-318. — Evidence that radiometric ages of sedimentary material may reflect the characteristics of source mineral and chemical processes involved, rather than time.
Kimber RWL, Griffin CV, Milnes AR. 1986. Amino acid racemization dating: evidence of apparent reversal in aspartic acid racemization with time in shells of Ostrea. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 50:1159-1161. — Startling evidence for apparent reduction in bulk amino acid D/L ratio after a period of expected increase. See also the extended treatment in: Kimber RWL, Griffin CV. 1987. Further evidence of the complexity of the racemization process in fossil shells with implications for amino acid racemization dating. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 51:839-846.
Perry EA, Jr. 1974. Diagenesis and K-Ar dating of shales and clay minerals. Geological Society of America Bulletin 85:827-830. — Evidence that the radiometric age of sedimentary material may reflect the characteristics of the source, rather than the time, of placement.
Roth AA. 1986. Some questions about geochronology. Origins 13:64-85. — A review of time-dependent factors that disagree with geochronological interpretations requiring thousands of millions of years for the development of Earth's crust and the evidence of life contained therein. Factors considered are: rates of erosion, sediment deposition in the ocean, rate of sediment accumulation on the continents, rates of uplift of mountains, production of volcanic ejecta, growth rates of human populations, and time required for evolutionary organization of life.
Roth AA. 1988. Those gaps in the sedimentary layers. Origins 15:75-92. — Evidence for the absence of lengthy time between the deposition of the sedimentary layers. This is based on the lack of erosion and other time-dependent factors at the major gaps in the sedimentary geologic record.
Rutter NW, Crawford RJ, Hamilton RD. 1985. Amino acid racemization dating. In: Rutter NW, editor. Dating methods of Pleistocene deposits and their problems. Toronto: Geological Association of Canada, p 23-30. — An authoritative treatment of the difficulties encountered in attempting to derive meaningful and quantitative age estimates from amino acid racemization data.
Taylor RE, et al. 1985. Major revisions in the Pleistocene age assignments for North American human skeletons by C-14 accelerator mass spectrometry: none older than 11,000 C-14 years B.P. American Antiquity 50:136-140. — Reports significant revisions in dating the early human population in North America. Skeletons previously dated mainly by amino-acid dating to about 70,000(?) years are redated by accelerator mass spectrometric analysis of radiocarbon to a maximum of 7900 years.
Webster CL. 1990. The implications of the Oklo Phenomenon on the constancy of radiometric decay rates. Origins 17:86-92. — In addition to corroborating the fact that the Oklo deposit did become a natural reactor, the absolute abundances of the neodymium isotopes also substantiate the fact that the U-235 concentration, at the time of criticality, had to be on the order of 3%a. These data support the large magnitudes and constancy of the radioactive decay rates.
Eldredge N. 1982. The monkey business: a scientist looks at creationism. NY: Pocket Books. — An unfavorable critique of the claims of "scientific creationism" from an evolutionist's perspective. Several chapters contain a good overview of Darwinian history to the present with a discussion of classical Darwinian, neo-Darwinian synthesis, and the current revolution in evolutionary thought. The author expresses deep concerns for the American educational system and fears that creationism will only harm it. 157p.
Godfrey LR, editor. 1983. Scientists confront creationism. NY and London: W. W. Norton. — A symposium volume that gives insight into the current thinking of some evolutionists. It contains a significant component of emotionalism and misinformation about creationists. 324p.
Kitcher P. 1982. Abusing science: the case against creationism. Cambridge: MIT Press. — A strong attack on creationism wherein the author dissects creationist authors (largely, Gish, Moore, Parker and Wysong) by showing logical and methodological errors. Of special interest is his rebuttal of the use of falsification in the testing of evolutionary theory. The final chapter examines his view of the impact of evolution on morals. 213p.
Newell ND. 1982. Creation and evolution: myth or reality? NY: Columbia University Press. — A discussion of the creation-evolution controversy by a leading evolutionist. He offers a systematic presentation of the evolutionary theory for those whose education does not permit them to "withstand the high-pressure methods and the misleading arguments posed by the creationists." 199p.
Gould SJ, Eldredge N. 1977. Punctuated equilibria: the tempo and mode of evolution reconsidered. Paleobiology 3(2):115-151. — A classic presentation of the argumentation in favor of rapid (in evolutionary perspectives) punctuational evolutionary changes in contrast to the older concept of slow gradual changes over longer periods of time.
Grasse P-P. 1977. Evolution of living organisms. NY: Academic Press. — Translation from French of a well-written, and often humorous, work in which a respected evolutionist scholar arguing from biochemistry, molecular biology, paleontology, and genetics presents evidence that generally has been recognized by the creationist community. In presenting his arguments, Dr. Grasse retreats one step short of recognizing a transcendent agency working in and through nature. 297p.
Scientific American, October 1994. — This special issue, entitled "Evolution," includes the following articles: "Life in the Universe"; "The Evolution of the Universe"; "The Earth's Elements"; "The Evolution of the Earth"; The Origin of Life on the Earth"; "The Evolution of Life on the Earth"; "The Search for Extraterrestrial Life"; "The Emergence of Intelligence"; "Will Robots Inherit the Earth?"; and "Sustaining Life on the Earth." Written for the lay reader.
Stanley SM. 1979. Macroevolution, pattern and process. San Francisco: W. H. Freeman and Co. — An excellent presentation of punctuated equilibrium which attempts to explain the gaps in the fossil record by proposing quantum changes in the morphology of an organism which leads rapidly to the formation of new species. This view opposes the gradualistic Darwinism; even though the author is a staunch evolutionist, creationists have viewed this work as interesting because it supports a view that gradualistic evolution is inadequate. 332p.
Hasel GF. 1978. Some issues regarding the nature and universality of the Genesis flood narrative. Origins 5:83-98. — Analysis of the expressions used in the Genesis flood narrative as these relate to a local or worldwide flood interpretation.
Hasel GF. 1980a. Genesis 5 and 11: chronogenealogies in the biblical history of beginnings. Origins 7:23-37. — Presents data to show that the genealogical accounts in Genesis 5 and 11 are more than mere lineage statements.
Hasel GF. 1980b. The meaning of the chronogenealogies of Genesis 5 and 11. Origins 7:53-70. — Discusses the implications of accepting a literal interpretation of the chronogenealogies and replies to traditional arguments against a literal reading.
Hasel GF. 1994. The "days" of creation in Genesis 1: literal "days" or figurative "periods/epochs" of time? Origins 21:5-38. — An analysis of various interpretations of the meaning of the word for "day" in the creation account, with reasons for concluding that it refers to literal, 24-hour days.
Schaeffer FA. 1972. Genesis in space and time. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. — An excellent presentation by a theologian who takes a literal stance (with one major exception concerning the days of creation week) on Genesis 1-11, and who shows how New Testament authors endorse the Genesis narrative. 167p.
Shea WH. 1978. The unity of the creation account. Origins 5:9-38. — Evidence indicating that Genesis 1 and 2 are complementary halves of a unified account of the same event.
Shea WH. 1989. Literary structural parallels between Genesis 1 and 2. Origins 16:49-68. — Evidence that the account of beginnings given in the first two chapters of Genesis is a literary whole and not the work of two or more independent authors.
Eyles N, editor. 1983. Glacial geology. An introduction for engineers and earth scientists. NY: Pergamon Press. — A multi-authored volume dealing with both theoretical considerations and practical consequences of glaciation. Unusual in that it raises serious questions regarding some traditional interpretations of glaciology. 409p.
Oard MJ. 1990. A post-flood ice age model can account for Quaternary features. Origins 17:8-26. — A professional meteorologist proposes a model for the accumulation and melting of continental glaciation within biblical time constraints. This model offers solutions to a number of ice-age problems. It calculates times needed to reach glacial maximum as well as ablation (melting). The current ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are also accounted for.
Bowler PJ. 1983. The eclipse of Darwinism: anti-Darwinian evolution theories in the decades around 1900. Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press. — Covers comprehensively the period in which the reactions and counter-reactions to Darwin were more severe than the current debates over evolution and creation. 291p.
Broad W, Wade N. 1982. Betrayers of the truth. NY: Simon & Schuster. — A fairly comprehensive review of fraud and deceit by scientists. 256p.
Gale BG. 1982. Evolution without evidence: Charles Darwin and The Origin of Species. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. — A well-documented study of Darwin's work from 1838 to 1859. Depicts the weaknesses in his argumentation which relied heavily on the work of others. Also considers factors contributing to the success of Darwinism. 238p.
Gillespie NC. 1979. Charles Darwin and the problem of creation. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. — An excellent account of the religious, political and social climate surrounding the rise of Darwinism. Primarily discusses the various religious arguments raised against Darwinian philosophy in the latter portion of the last century. Written with a proevolutionary bias, it nonetheless permits the reader to understand the basis of the creation/evolution controversy that has extended to this day. 201p.
Hallam A. 1989. Great geological controversies. 2d ed. NY and Oxford: Oxford University Press. — A brief and well-documented account of the major geological battles that were waged as this science matured, including neptunists, vulcanists and plutonists, catastrophism and uniformitarianism, stratigraphy, the ice age, the age of the Earth, continental drift, and mass extinctions. 244p.
Himmelfarb G. 1959. Darwin and the Darwinian revolution. NY: Doubleday. — An in-depth study of Darwin as a man and scientist, with analysis of the events and reactions following the publication of his book The Origin of Species. 480p.
Numbers RL. 1992. The creationists: the evolution of scientific creationism. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. — A historical review of creationism from the time of Darwin. Discusses the influence of George McCready Price and the various creationist organizations, mainly focusing on North America. The final chapter, "Creation Science Floods the World," describes the expansion of creationism worldwide, despite frantic efforts to combat it.
Spielberg N, Anderson BD. 1987. Seven ideas that shook the universe. NY: John Wiley and Sons. — A description of several revolutions in physics thinking over the past several hundred years. 263p.
Crick F. 1981. Life itself. NY: Simon & Schuster. — Proposes that life is too complex to have evolved on Earth. The conclusion is that life must have evolved elsewhere --- where more time was available for the improbable events to have occurred. 192p.
Evard R, Schrodetzki D. 1976. Chemical evolution. Origins 3:9-37. — A thorough summary and evaluation of biochemical evolution experiments.
Gibson LJ. 1993. Did life begin in an RNA world? Origins 29:45-52. — A discussion of some of the problems in the "RNA World" model of the origin of life.
Gould SJ. 1989. Wonderful life: the Burgess Shale and the nature of history. NY and London: W. W. Norton. — A strong evolutionist clearly demonstrates in this interesting volume how complex and diverse was the fauna of the Cambrian as seen in the Burgess Shale of British Columbia, Canada. These facts from this famous quarry agree well with the view of a sudden creation of all the major categories of animals. 347p.
Hoyle F, Wickramasinghe NC. 1981. Evolution from space: a theory of cosmic creationism. NY: Simon & Schuster. — Proposes that life did not originate of itself on Earth and that it arose elsewhere instead. 176p.
Javor GT. 1979. Once upon a molecule. Nashville, TN: Southern Publishing Assn. — A brief, non-technical discussion of chemical evolution, written by a competent biochemist. 31p.
Thaxton CB, Bradley WL, Olsen RL. 1984. The mystery of life's origin: reassessing current theories. NY: Philosophical Library. — An excellent challenge to naturalistic concepts of the origin of life. The authors conclude that present physico-chemical explanations are woefully inadequate. 228p.
Walton JC. 1976. The chemical composition of the earth's original atmosphere. Origins 3:66-84. — Evidence that Earth's original atmosphere was not reducing.
Walton JC. 1977. Organization and the origin of life. Origins 4:16-35. — Evaluation of the problem of spontaneously producing highly organized self-replicating biochemical systems.
Wilder-Smith AE. 1981. The natural sciences know nothing of evolution. San Diego: Creation-Life Publishers. — An excellent discussion of the problems connected with the spontaneous origin of life. The last part of the volume where the author leaves his area of expertise is excepted. 166p.
Anderson JK, Coffin HG. 1977. Fossils in focus. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. — Part of a series intended especially for college and university students. Lays out both creation and evolution models and shows how the fossil record best fits the former. 95p.
Bliss RB, Parker GE, Gish DT. 1980. Fossils: key to the present. San Diego: Creation-Life Publishers. — An elementary introduction to fossils and to evolutionistic and creationistic interpretations of the fossil record. 81p.
Brand LR. 1978. Footprints in the Grand Canyon. Origins 5:64-82. — A reinterpretation of the paleoecological environment of the Coconino Sandstone.
Brand LR, Tang T. 1991. Fossil vertebrate footprints in the Coconino Sandstone (Permian) of northern Arizona: evidence for underwater origin. Geology 19:1201-1204. — Evidence that the trackways of the Coconino Sandstone of northern Arizona were produced underwater.
Chadwick AV. 1981. Precambrian pollen in the Grand Canyon --- a reexamination. Origins 8:7-12. — The inadequacy of evidence to support the claim that modern-plant pollen has been discovered in the Precambrian rocks of the Grand Canyon.
Coffin HG. 1969. Research on the classic Joggins petrified trees. Creation Research Society Annual (June), p 35-44. — A technical discussion of the evidences for drift and transport seen in the Nova Scotia coal measures.
Gish DT. 1985. Evolution: the challenge of the fossil record. San Diego: Institute for Creation Research. — A well-written paperback which clearly and fairly discusses the fossil record with emphasis on early man. Evolutionary and creationist interpretations are contrasted. 277p.
Kitts DB. 1974. Paleontology and evolutionary theory. Evolution 28:458-472. — An intense philosophical discussion of problems in paleontology and evolutionary theory by a specialist who is firmly committed to the evolutionary viewpoint. Contains many striking, thought-provoking statements such as: "Evolution requires intermediate forms between species and paleontology does not provide them" (p 467).
Margenau H, Varghese RA, editors. 1992. Cosmos, bios, theos: scientists reflect on science, God, and the origins of the universe, life, and Homo sapiens. La Salle, IL: Open Court Publishing Co. — The varied replies of 60 leading scientists (including 24 Nobel prizewinners) to questions about God. Many of the responses are quite positive. 285p.
Neufeld BR. 1975. Dinosaur tracks and giant men. Origins 2:64-76. — The inadequacy of evidence for human footprints in the fossil record.
Roth AA. 1979. Coral reef growth. Origins 6:88-95. — Evaluation of data on rates of coral reef growth.
Roth AA. 1992. Life in the deep rocks and the deep fossil record. Origins 19:93- 104. — The discovery of living bacteria deep in contemporary rocks suggests an explanation for the presence of Precambrian fossil bacteria.
Branscomb LM. 1985. Integrity in science. American Scientist 73:421-423. — A chief scientist for IBM shows that while there is little malice in science, there is a great deal of self-deception. He shows that scientists, instead of probing thoroughly through the harder questions of their queries, cease when their data agree with expected results.
Brown RH. 1981. Scientific creationism? Origins 8:57-58. — A brief essay on the important distinction between creationism based strictly on scientific and philosophical concerns and creationism involving concepts that are uniquely derived from religious sources.
Clark JD. 1976. Some philosophical implications of the theory of evolution. Origins 3:38-45. — Some consequences of evolution as its theory affects man's search for truth.
Clark RED. 1961. The universe: plan or accident? Philadelphia: Fortress Press. — A scholarly presentation of the evidences from physics, chemistry, astronomy, and biology for creation by a Supreme Being. 238p.
Clark RED. 1972. Science and Christianity --- a partnership. Mountain View, CA: Pacific Press Publishing Assn. — Discussion of the role of Christian philosophy and Christian-oriented culture in the development of science. 192p.
Davies P. 1983. God and the new physics. NY: Simon & Schuster. — A thought-provoking analysis of the impact of the new physics on religious ideas. Some biological and cosmological concepts are also considered. In a lucid style the author, who is sympathetic to the concept of a God, presents various possibilities and few conclusions. 225p.
Klemke ED, Hollinger R, Kline AD, editors. 1980. Introductory readings in the philosophy of science. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books. — A compilation of 23 short essays (mainly reprints of classic publications) on the nature and meaning of science. The last seven essays deal with the relation of science to human values. An easily understood and stimulating volume. 373p.
Kuhn TS. 1970. The structure of scientific revolutions. 2d ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. — Presents revealing insights on the nature of the scientific enterprise and the manner in which progress in a scientific discipline comes about. 172p.
Lakatos I, Musgrave A, editors. 1970. Criticism and the growth of knowledge. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. — A collection of essays based on Thomas Kuhn's philosophy of science. One chapter which is especially outstanding is by Lakatos: "Falsification and the methodology of scientific research programmers." 278p.
Matthews LH. 1971. Introduction to the 1971 edition of The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin. London: Dent; NY: Dutton. — Significant statements include: "Belief in the theory of evolution is thus exactly parallel to belief in special creation --- both are concepts which believers know to be true but neither, up to the present, has been capable of proof."
McDowell J, Stewart D. 1981. Reasons why skeptics ought to consider Christianity. San Bernardino, CA: Here's Life Publishers. — Especially p 93-220 discuss objections and questions commonly raised by evolutionists as reasons to deny the creation model. Non-technical; written by laymen. Annotated bibliography for further reading. 249p.
Roth AA. 1977. Does evolution qualify as a scientific principle? Origins 4:4-10. — Evaluation of evolution in the context of Popper's disproof definition of science.
Roth AA. 1980. Implications of various interpretations of the fossil record. Origins 7:71-86. — Discussion and evaluation of various models of origins and the implications of trends associated with these models.
Roth AA. 1990. What is happening to the philosophy of science? Origins 17:3-7. — A brief review of fundamental changes in the philosophy of science and the relation of science to truth.
Whitrow GJ. 1980. The natural philosophy of time. 2d ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press. — A comprehensive, unified account of the concept of time and its role in psychology, neurophysiology, biology, physics, and cosmology. Philosophical aspects, practical methods of measurement, and historical perspectives are included. 399p.
Acts and Facts Impact Series - Published by the Institute for Creation Research, PO Box 2667, El Cajon, CA 92021; subscription rate $0.10/copy. — Published as a part of Acts and Facts, a newsletter for the Institute for Creation Research, the Impact Series presents a monthly discussion of a particular topic in the creation/evolution controversy.
Ciencia de los Origenes - Published by the Geoscience Research Institute, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350; USA & Mexico subscription rate $1.50/year; all other countries $2.50/year. — A triannual publication in Spanish which contains original articles and reprints of articles translated from Origins (see below).
Creation/Evolution - Published by the National Center for Science Education, PO Box 9477, Berkeley, CA 94709-0477; USA subscription rate $25/year; other countries $32/year; subscription rates include the quarterly newsletter NCSE Reports. — Semi-annual journal designed by evolutionists primarily to refute claims of creationists, to offer ammunition to fight the inclusion of the creation model in public-school science classes.
Creation Ex Nihilo - Published by the Creation Science Foundation Ltd, PO Box 6302, Acacia Ridge DC, Qld 4110, Australia; USA subscription rate $22/year; write to Answers in Genesis, PO Box 6330, Florence, KY 41022. — A quarterly creation periodical for the popular and semi-technical level.
Creation Ex Nihilo Technical Journal - Published by the Creation Science Foundation Ltd, PO Box 6302, Acacia Ridge DC, Qld 4110, Australia; USA subscription rate $37/year; write to Answers in Genesis, PO Box 6330, Florence, KY 41022. — A semi-annual journal which presents and discusses technical aspects of the sciences, geography, archaeology, history and philosophy as they relate to the study of creation and the flood.
Creation Research Society Quarterly - Published quarterly by the Creation Research Society, PO Box 8263, St Joseph, MO 64508-8263; subscription rate $25/year [US currency only]. — This quarterly journal contains a variety of articles, some written by non-specialists in the fields considered, covering the range of creation/evolution issues. Areas include speciation, geology, cosmology, and radiometric dating, as well as more philosophical issues.
Geoscience Reports - Published by the Geoscience Research Institute, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350; subscription rate $3/year. — A triannual publication which contains articles and news items about creation, the Genesis flood, and science topics which are of special interest to the secondary-level student and laypersons.
Origins - Published by the Geoscience Research Institute, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350; subscription rates $8/year or $5/single issue. — A biannual publication containing major articles on some aspects of the creation/evolution controversy, editorials, annotations and reviews of recent pertinent literature reviews, and short science notes.
Origins & Design - Published by Access Research Network, PO Box 38069, Colorado Springs, CO 80937-8069; USA subscription rate $20/year; other countries $30/year; US library rate $60/year; other countries $70/year. — A quarterly, peer-reviewed journal "with two related goals: (1) to examine theories of origins, their philosophical foundations, and their bearing on culture, and (2) to examine all aspects of the idea of design."
Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith - Published quarterly by the American Scientific Affiliation, PO Box 668, Ipswich, MA 01938-0668; subscription rate $30/year [individuals], $45/year [institutions], $20/year [students]. — An attempt to bridge the gap between science and religion, also exploring approaches from biomedical ethics, psychology, sociology, and history.
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